Johan Olof Wallin

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Johan Olof Wallin

Johan Olof Wallin (born October 15, 1779 in Stora Tuna , Dalarna (today part of Borlänge Municipality ), † June 30, 1839 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish poet and Lutheran clergyman (most recently Archbishop of Uppsala).

Life

Wallin studied Protestant theology at Uppsala University from 1799 . In 1803 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD and ordained in 1806 . In the same year he became an adjunct at the cadet school at Karlberg Castle , where he was promoted to castle preacher and lecturer in 1809. At the same time he became a pastor in Solna and received his doctorate in Dr. theol. In 1812 he was appointed pastor at the Adolf Friedrich Church in Stockholm . In 1816 he became provost of the cathedral in Västerås , but returned to Stockholm in 1818, where he was chief pastor at the Nikolaikirche (" Storkyrkan "). In addition, King Karl XIV. Johann appointed him in 1824 as managing bishop of the order and from 1825–1837 as full-time bishop of the order, and finally in 1830 as chief preacher. Wallin founded Wallinska skolan in Stockholm in 1831 , one of the first high schools for girls in Sweden.

In 1837 he was appointed Archbishop of Uppsala and served as the highest dignitary of the Church of Sweden until his death .

Work and meaning

Wallin's theological significance lags far behind that as a poet. Wallin published his first poems while still a student. From 1803 he received several awards from the Svenska Academies for his translations (including by Horace and Virgil ) and poetry . In 1810 he was accepted into the Swedish Academy (chair 1), in 1818 in the Royal Swedish Academy of Music , in 1826 as an honorary member in the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies and in 1827 in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . Initially endeavoring to use classical forms, he was increasingly influenced by Romanticism . Among his secular poems, Dödens Ängel ( Angel of Death), completed shortly before his death, is the most important.

Wallin, however, had the greatest importance as a hymn poet. In 1811 he was appointed to the committee that was supposed to revise the hymn book , which had been in official use since 1695 . When the committee submitted its draft in 1814, Wallin was not satisfied with it. He presented his own draft, which was, with minor modifications, made by King Charles XIII. and was the official hymn book of the Swedish Church from 1819 to 1937. The hymn book was generally called "Wallin's hymn book" because of the 500 songs he had composed 128 himself, 23 translated and 178 edited. The current Swedish hymn book from 1986 still contains 76 hymns by Wallin.

Wallin was also very popular as a preacher. After making a plea for mission (Christianity) at the first meeting of the Swedish Bible Society in 1816, he helped found the first missionary society in Sweden in 1835 .

Honors

In 1837 Wallin was awarded the Order of Seraphine . In Stockholm and several other cities in Sweden, streets are named after Wallin.

Fonts (selection)

  • Psalms . 1809, 1811
  • Ode till hkh kronprinsen , 1813
  • Skandinavisk sång . 1814
  • Förslag till svensk psalmbok . 1816
  • Vitterhets-försök . 1821
  • Sermons and speeches on solemn occasions . Berlin 1835
  • Selection from Archbishop [Johan Olof] Wallin's sermons . Lueneburg 1843
  • Samlade vitterhetsarbeten. Del 1 - 2 . 1847-1848
  • Dödens angel. Religious poem . Stockholm 1849 (German: The Angel of Death ; translated into German by DW Dunckel. Gothenburg 1841; The Angel of Death , a song of life ... In the verse of the original translated into German by W. Straten. 1947). New edition. Illustrerad av Carl Larsson . 1880

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Commons : Johan Olof Wallin  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
Carl von Rosenstein Archbishop of Uppsala
1837–1839 		Carl Fredrik af Wingård
personal data
SURNAME Wallin, Johan Olof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Lutheran theologian, archbishop and poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Stora Tuna
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1839
Place of death Uppsala