Anton Niklas Sundberg

The Most Reverend Anton Niklas Sundberg
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1870
In office	1870–1900
Predecessor	Henrik Reuterdahl
Successor	Johan August Ekman
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Karlstad (1864-1870)
Orders
Ordination	1845
Consecration	6 March 1864 by Henrik Reuterdahl
Personal details
Born	(1818-05-27)27 May 1818 Uddevalla, Sweden
Died	2 February 1900(1900-02-02) (aged 81) Uppsala, Sweden
Buried	Uppsala gamla kyrkogård
Nationality	Swede
Parents	Sven Sundberg Sara Katarina Lund

Anton Niklas Sundberg (27 May 1818, Uddevalla – 2 February 1900) was a Lutheran clergyman, and the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala 1870–1900.

Biography

He acquired a doctor of philosophy and theology degree at Uppsala University in 1842, became dean and was ordained a priest in 1845. He then undertook travel through Europe in 1849–50. He was a lecturer in theology at Lund University in 1849 and from 1852 to 1856 a professor of dogmatics and moral theology. From 1856 to 1864 he was professor of church history and symbolism at the university. In 1861 he was appointed vicar in Lund before being appointed bishop of the Diocese of Karlstad in 1864. In 1870, he became Archbishop of Uppsala and Pro-Chancellor of Uppsala University. Sundberg was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1874 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1877.

Other sources

• Article Sundberg, A.N. From Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish)
• Anton Niklas Sundberg, from Bilder och minnen, by Harald Wieselgren, 1889

Related reading

• Bexell, Oloph (2003) Sveriges kyrkohistoria. 7, Folkväckelsens och kyrkoförnyelsens tid (Verbum, Stockholm) ISBN 9789152624623