KG Hammar

KG Hammar

Karl Gustav Hilding Hammar (born February 18, 1943 in Hässleholm ) is a Swedish theologian and former Archbishop of Uppsala .

Life

Karl Gustav Hammar, who was ordained in 1965, was a lecturer in church history at Lund University from 1972 . From 1980 to 1987 he was rector of the Pastoral Institute in Lund . From 1987 to 1992 KG Hammar was provost of the cathedral there and from 1992 to 1997 Bishop of Lund . In 1997 he became Archbishop of Uppsala . He resigned from this office in the summer of 2006. His successor in this office is Anders Wejryd .

Hammar stands in the liberal theological tradition, but is also seen as a radical champion of the separation of religion and state . After agreeing to the Ecce Homo exhibition, Hammar received criticism from both the Catholic Church and the Syrian Church in Sweden.

Hammar campaigns for the rights of homosexuals , such as the church consecration of same-sex couples. Hammar is also known for making controversial foreign policy statements, including on the Israel-Palestine conflict. He also criticizes globalized capitalism.

From 2006 to 2009 Hammar was a visiting professor at the Center for Theology and Religious Studies (Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, CTR) at Lund University.

Fonts (selection)

• Ecce Homo. Efter tvåtusen år [Ecce Homo. Two thousand years after]. Arcus, Stockholm / Lund, Verbum 2000.
• Vagen valde dig. Ärkebiskop KG Hammars mediationer över Dag Hammarskjölds “Vägmarken” . Svenka Kyrkan, Uppsala 2005, ISBN 91-974442-3-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about KG Hammar in the catalog of the German National Library

Footnotes

1. ^ Kg Hammar , accessed September 3, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gunnar Weman	Archbishop of Uppsala 1997-2006	Wejryd is different
Per-Olov Ahrén	Bishop of Lund 1992–1997	Christina Odenberg