Diocese of Lund
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The Diocese of Lund is the southernmost diocese in the Church of Sweden.
[edit] History
The diocese was formed in 1060, in what was then Danish territory, by separation of the Diocese of Roskilde. The provinces of (north-western) Scania and Halland were under its jurisdiction.
The two other provinces in terra Scaniae, Blekinge and Bornholm, were on the other hand under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Dalby. At earliest 1067, the Dalby diocese was however merged into the Lund diocese.
In 1104, the diocese became the primate over Denmark, but also over both Norway and Sweden. Before soon however, Norway got its own archbishop -- in 1152 -- and in 1164, Stefan became Archbishop of Uppsala (Sweden).
In 1658 Lund, together with the Scanian lands fell under the government of Sweden (to never be reclaimed, bare for short moments), and Lund had its archbishops seat degraded to a bishop's seat.
[edit] Resource
- article Lunds stift from Nordisk Familjebok , in Swedish
