Jöran Nordberg
Jöran Andersson Nordberg (born September 3, 1677 in Stockholm , † March 23, 1744 ibid) was a Swedish historian and clergyman. He is best known for being the author of the official biography of Charles XII. which appeared in 1740 and is an important source.
He was the son of a shopkeeper, studied from 1693 at Uppsala University and after graduating in 1703 became a clergyman in the Swedish army (initially in the artillery), which he took on the campaigns of Charles XII. accompanied. He was second preacher in 1705, first preacher from 1707 and soon afterwards chaplain in the body satellite regiment. At the Battle of Poltava in 1709 he was taken prisoner by the Russians (in which he last headed the field consistory and preached to the captured Swedish generals) and was released in 1715. In 1716 he was with the king in Stralsund and became his confessor. He also accompanied him on the campaign to Norway, but took up a pastor's position in Stockholm in 1717 (parish Sankt Klara and Sankt Olaf). In 1732 he received his doctorate in theology. He was in the Reichstag several times, at times President of the Stockholm City Consistory and was a good and popular speaker. He is buried in Stockholm in Adolf Fredriks Church.
Nordberg was commissioned by Queen Ulrika Eleonore in 1731 to write the official biography of Charles XII. which appeared in 1740 in a richly illustrated two-volume folio edition. Some passages fell victim to censorship and appeared (together with comments from Nordberg, which had previously only been communicated privately) in Copenhagen in 1754 and in a German translation in Göttingen in 1755 (in Sweden in 1795 in a magazine).
Fonts
- Konung Carl the XII; tes Historia, 2 volumes, Stockholm 1740
- German edition: Life of Carl XII, Hamburg, 3 volumes, 1745, 1746, 1751 (documents are printed in the third volume)
- French edition The Hague 1742
- Herr Georg Nordberg's comments on the story of Carl the Twelfth, which serve to explain various passages in his biography of this king, and which he gave to trusted friends, Göttingen 1755, Nuremberg 1775
literature
- Erik Sandstedt: Studier rörande Jöran Nordbergs Konung Carl XII: s historia, Lund 1972
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| SURNAME | Nordberg, Jöran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nordberg, Jöran Andersson (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish historian and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1744 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |