Evening star., 1923-08-07
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puted to have the largest unpaid
consultative business in the city and
al least on two occasions was offered
honors by the government which he
refused.
lnasmuch as the primate Of Sweden,
the most Rev. DR.. Soederbloem, former
professor of ecclesiastical history at the
great German University OF Leipzig,
who is on his way to America. arriving
this week, bears the title of Archbishop
of Upsala, il may be Just as we'll 70 re-
call the fact that the latter is the an
cient capital of Sweden. until the seat
OF government was transferred to stock
holm. 1t is a Cpsala that Wooden.
Thor and Freya, from whom we de-
rive the names of Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. are buried. 1t has
also been, since the year 100. the
principal archiepiscopal see of Scan.
dinavia. the present cathedral dating.
however, from 1878. where the rulers
of Sweden have always been crowned.
1t contains the tomb of King Gus
taVus |, first OF the Fasa dynasty, and
IN the silver shrine. TO the right of
the altar, are the relics of ST Eric, the
patron saint of Sweden
The University of Upsala, of which
the archbishop is eX officio the chan
cellor, is the most ancient and important
of the northern kingdoms having been
founded III 14I7 by Archbishop U,lf-
ssen. 1t is celebrated for its library
among the most highly priced treas
ureS of which is the celebrated fourth
century Gothic manuscript known as
the "Codex Argenteus." written in gold
and silver letters on 1877 pages of
crimson vellum. This document. the
principal source of what scholars
know of the ancient Gothic language.
was brought from Prague in 164s by
Queen Christine's general. Count
Koenigsmark. 1t was carried off from
Cpsala, under circumstances which
have never been cleared up. by
royal librarian of Sweden. to Holland.
was purchased there by a Swede for
stored by him to the Upsala library
The treasures of the latter were en-
riched in the seventeenth century by
the contents of a number of cele-
brated Libraries in Germany and Po-
land. picked up as plunder by the
Swedish armies in their brilliant cam
paigns, especially during the thirty
years war. IT is probable that, in
many cases. these Libraries were
saved from a worse fate by being
carried off 10 Sweden as war booty
Not long ago a party of Polish schol-
ars visited Upsala for the purpose of
studying a number of documents
taken from the royal library at Cra-
cow by King Charles XII. These con-
tanned matter of great historical
value. and the Poles expressed their
profound satisfaction that they had
been thus preserved from destruction.
Among the other treasures of the
university library is all the CORE
spondence, in the original manu-
script. of Gustavus III. one of the
most brilliant and interesting figures
in Swedish history. who wrested
their il-used power from the mobiles
by means of a coup d'etat and, in
revenge, was assassinated at
masked ball at Stockholm, in 1872
The letters. mostly in French, for
King Gustavus III was STEPPED in
French culture, make up over one
hundred bound volumes. The library.
quite the largest In Scandinavia, re-
ceives every scrap of matter printed
In Sweden. down to the very theater
programs and trade prospectuses, any
printer failing to send in a single
item being liable to fine.
, Upsala has always been the intel
lectual and spiritual center of Scan
dinavia. For, in quite ancient times.
that is to say. in the seventh. eighth
and ninth centuries of the Christian n
, era, it was celebrated for its magnifi-
cent pagan temple, all cleaning with
gold.
| The Lutheran state churches Of
Scandinavia, unlike those of Germany
| have their full fledged episcopal hier-
! archy and. whereas. Denmark and