Henrik Reuterdahl

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Henrik Reuterdahl (born September 11, 1795 in Malmö; died June 28, 1870 in Uppsala) was archbishop of Sweden from 1856 to his death.

Stemming from Malmö, he was orphaned at an early age and had to rely on others for his education and support. Despite this he managed to get a higher education at the Lund University in theology, philology and Church history, influenced by local academic dignities such as Erik Gustaf Geijer as well as the works of the German Schleiermacher that had just become appreciated in Lund. He later published a thorough history of the Church in Sweden, and was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1852.

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Preceded by
Hans Olov Holmström		 Archbishop of Uppsala
1856–1870		 Succeeded by
Anton Niklas Sundberg
Preceded by
Carl Fredrik af Wingård		 Swedish Academy,
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1852-1870		 Succeeded by
Paul Genberg