Laurentius PetriNericius was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden. They are commemorated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on 19 April.
Johan Skytte was a Swedish statesman, and the founder of the Academia Gustaviana, in 1632.
The Chancellorof Uppsala University was from 1622 to 1893 the head of the University of Uppsala, although in most academic and practical day-to-day matters it was run by the consistory (konsistorium) or board, and its chairman, the Rector magnificus.
Laurentius Petri Gothus was the second Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden. He served from 1575 to 1579.
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala.
Lars Stigzelius was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1670 to his death.
Johan Baazius the younger was a Swedish clergyman who served as Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden.
The Diocese of Skara is the oldest existing diocese in Sweden. It was originally a Latin bishopric of the Roman Catholic church, but since the Protestant Reformation has been a Lutheran diocese within the Church of Sweden, with its seat in Skara at Skara Cathedral. In 2014, it celebrated its 1000-year anniversary as a full diocese.
Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "From Laurentum" . It is possible that the place name Laurentum is derived from the Latin laurus ("laurel"). People with the name include:
Paulus Petri Juusten was the first Bishop of Viipuri, and later, Bishop of Turku. He was an esteemed teacher and a Swedish royal envoy.
The Uppsala Synod in 1593 was the most important synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Sweden had gone through its Protestant Reformation and broken with Roman Catholicism in the 1520s, but an official confession of faith had never been declared.
Katedralskolan(Meaning "Cathedral School") in Skara is one of Sweden's oldest Upper Secondary Schools. It was founded in 1641 at the initiative of the Diocese of Skara, and its bishop Jonas Magni Wexionensis, and was approved by Queen Christina on August 31 of the same year. For hundreds of years before that it had been a priest training school which was founded in the 13th century and the students were called Skaradjäknar.
Johannes Matthiae Gothus was a Swedish Lutheran Bishop of Strängnäs and a professor of Uppsala University, the rector of the Collegium illustrious, Collegium Illustre in Stockholm (1626–1629) and the most eminent teacher in Sweden during the seventeenth century. He was Bishop of Strängnäs from 1643 to 1664.
Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius was a Swedish professor and bishop.
Events from the year 1565 in Sweden
Events from the year 1579 in Sweden
Samuel Enander, later knows as Samuel Nicolai Gyllenadler, was a Swedish prelate who served as the Bishop of Linköping 1655–1670.
