death_date nationality term birth_date archdiocese church death_place title image_size rank diocese name predecessor birth_place parents type appointed successor article_title
10 march 1383 swede 1366-1383 1327 uppsala roman catholic mälaren , sweden archbishop of uppsala primate of sweden 230px metropolitan archbishop uppsala birger gregersson petrus torkilsson sweden greger jonsson of malstaätten archbishop 1366 henrik karlsson birger gregersson

birger gregersson

birger gregersson -lrb- 1327 -- 11 march 1383 -rrb- was archbishop of uppsala , sweden , from 1366 to his death 1383 .
it is known that he was vicar of Österhaninge and then priest in uppsala .
he was a supporter of king albrekt , who appointed him chancellor .
after being elected archbishop in 1366 he worked energetically .
above all , he wrote much and is considered one of the most important swedish writers in the middle ages .
he wrote a biography of saint birgitta , and hymns to her and saint botvid 's honor .
