Henrik Reuterdahl
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Henrik Reuterdahl was archbishop of Sweden 1856–1870.
Stemming from Malmö, he was early orphanaged 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 thourough history of the Church in Sweden, and was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1852.
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Ext links
- Article Reuterdahl, Henrik (http://runeberg.org/nfcc/0031.html) Nordisk familjebok (In Swedish)
