Jesper Swedberg
Jesper Swedberg (also Svedberg ; born August 28, 1653 near Falun ; † July 26, 1735 in Brunsbo near Skara ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian (most recently bishop ). He is also known as the father of Emanuel Swedenborg .
Life
Swedberg, son of Daniel Isaksson Stierna (1610–1680) and his wife Anna Petersdotter Bullernaesia, studied from 1666 at the University of Uppsala and from 1669 at the University of Lund . In 1674 he returned to Uppsala and in 1682 acquired a master's degree in philosophy . After his ordination in 1684 he took up a service as a pastor in a cavalry regiment in Stockholm , but interrupted him again for a longer trip abroad, which took him through England (long stay with John Fell , Bishop of Oxford ), France , Germany (mainly studying Hebrew atEsdras Edzard in Hamburg ) and the Netherlands . Soon after his return, he was appointed by King Charles XI in 1690 . , who also appointed him extraordinary court preacher, was appointed pastor and provost in Vingåker , but initially had to work with Erik Benzelius the Elder. Ä. and Israel Kolmodin are working on the revision of the Swedish hymnal and the translation of the Bible. The revision of the translation of the Bible was rejected by the majority of the bishops and was only published in a new version in 1703. The hymnbook published by Swedberg in 1694 was also not recognized due to alleged heterodoxies and was only declared in an abbreviated form as the official hymnbook of the Church of Sweden in 1695 . Swedberg's work contained a good 30 poems and translations, six of which can still be found in the current Swedish hymn book from 1986.
After just a few weeks in the parish, Swedberg was appointed professor at Uppsala University in 1692, where he immediately took over the post of rector . In 1694 he became the first professor of theology and provost of the cathedral . A special task was the organization of church supplies for the Swedish settlers in the former New Sweden on the lower reaches of the Delaware River , which he carried out from 1696. In 1710 the Swedish congregation in London was added , and in 1712 that in Portugal. In 1693 Swedberg took part in a Reichstag for the first time as a member of the pastorate .
In 1702 Swedberg was appointed Bishop of Skara and took office in 1703. The University of Uppsala made him doctor theologiae in 1705 . In addition to the administration of his diocese, Swedberg continued to publish many scientific and popular theological works, including postils and a catechism declaration , but also works on the Swedish language ( Schibboleth. Swenska Språkets Rycht och Richtighet , 1716; En kortt Swensk Grammatica, 1722). His autobiography was not printed until the 20th century, and his Swedish dictionary only in the 21st century.
Swedberg was rooted in the Lutheran Orthodoxy that shaped the Swedish Church , but also took up impulses from Pietism . He particularly valued Johann Arndt and Christian Scriver . In contrast to his bishop colleagues, he did not participate in the persecution of the Swedish Pietists, but even visited a conventicle in Stockholm in 1723 . At the Diet of 1719 he was the only one in the pastor's office who advocated the expansion of religious freedom.
family
Swedberg was married three times. From the first marriage, which he entered into with Sara Behm in 1683, a. a. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) and their daughter Anna (1686–1765), who in 1703 Erik Benzelius d. J. married the son of Archbishop Erik Benzelius the Elder. Ä. who later became archbishop himself. The daughter Hedvig (1690–1728) also married a son of Erik Benzelius the Elder. Ä., The mining clerk Lars Benzelstierna (1680–1755).
Swedberg's second marriage was in 1697 with Sara Bergia, the third in 1720 with Kristina Arrhusia. In 1719 his children were accepted into the hereditary nobility because of his merits and have since been called Swedenborg.
literature
- Johann Gottlieb Midnight: Bishop Jesper Swedberg, the father of Emanuel Swedenborg: a biography . Frankfurt am Main 1879
- Henry William Tottie : Jesper Svedbergs lif och verksamhet: Bidrag till Svenska Kyrka historia . Uppsala: Edv. Berling, 1885-1886
- Jesper Swedberg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 27 : Stockholm-Nynäs järnväg – Syrsor . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1918, Sp. 892 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Ernst Benz : Emanuel Swedenborg. Naturalist and seer . Rinn, Munich 1948. p. 5 ff.
- Johnny Hagberg: Jesper Swedberg: en antologi . Stiftshistoriska Sällskapet, Skara 2008.
- Oloph Bexell: Jesper Swedberg . In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , Volume 34, 2013–2019, pp. 434 ff. ( Riksarkivet.se ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ One fruit was the treatise America illuminata from 1732, reissued and introduced by Robert Murray, Stockholm: Proprius, 1985.
- ↑ En gudelig barna cateches til vngdomens tienst i the swenska församlingar vtom riket . Skara 1723
- ↑ Jesper Swedbergs lefwernes deskrifning . Edited by Gunnar Wetterberg. Lund: Gleerup, 1941.
- ↑ Jesper Swedberg: Swensk BETA . Edited by Lars Holm. Skara Stiftshistoriska Sällskap, Järpås 2009, litteraturbanken.se (PDF; 7.0 MB).
- ↑ Harry Lenhammar : Sveriges kyrkohistoria . Volume 5: Individualismens och upplysningens tid . Verbum, Stockholm 2000, pp. 53-57
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Petrus Johannes Rudbeckius |
Bishop of Skara 1703–1735 |
Petrus Schyllberg |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swedberg, Jesper |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svedberg, Jesper |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Falun |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1735 |
| Place of death | Brunsbo at Skara |