List of Swedish People - Notable Religious People

Notable Religious People

  • Saint Birgitta (1303–1373), patron saint of Europe
  • Bo Giertz (1905–1998), Swedish Confessional Lutheran bishop and Christian novelist
  • Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974), founder of the Swedish Pentecostal movement
  • Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer
  • Olaus Petri, reformer
  • Nathan Söderblom, archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), writer, mystic and philosopher; his disciples founded the New Jerusalem Church
  • Eric Trolle, bishop and statesman
  • Kettil Karlsson Vasa, bishop and statesman

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