This is a list of Swedish clergy and theologians.

Bishops

  • Mikael Agricola, bishop and reformer
  • Hans Brask, bishop
  • Bishop Henry, bishop
  • Lars Levi Laestadius, founder of the Laestadian movement
  • Christina Odenberg, first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Sweden
  • Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer
  • Olaus Petri, reformer
  • Nathan Söderblom, archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Other clergy

  • Israel Acrelius (1714–1800), pastor in Rialla, Wilmington, Delaware, and Fellingsboro
  • Johan Campanius (1601–1683), clergyman assigned to New Sweden, translated the Lutheran Catechism into the Lenape language
  • Elisabeth Djurle, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Sweden
  • Israel Israelsson Näslund III (1796–1858), pastor at Torsåker
  • Ingrid Persson (1912–2000), one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Sweden
  • Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974), founder of the Swedish Pentecostal movement
  • Margit Sahlin (1914–2003), one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Sweden
  • Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643), first Lutheran clergyman assigned to New Sweden

See also

  • Church of Sweden
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Archbishop of Uppsala
  • Bishop of Åbo
  • Ansgar – bishop and missionary to Sweden
  • List of Swedish saints

References