death_date consecration nationality article_title term birth_date archdiocese church death_place title image_size spouse image diocese name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place buried type successor elected ordination
14 april 1972 22 may 1932 swede erling eidem
 1931-1950 23 april 1880 uppsala church of sweden vänersborg , sweden archbishop of uppsala primate of sweden 230px elisabeth eklund erling eidem.jpg uppsala erling eidem olof bergqvist nathan söderblom gothenburg , sweden uppsala old cemetery archbishop yngve brilioth 1931 8 january 1914
erling eidem

erling eidem -lrb- gothenburg 23 april 1880 -- vänersborg 14 april 1972 -rrb- was a swedish theologian who served as archbishop of uppsala 1931 -- 1950 .
eidem was son of anders magnus andersson , a merchant in gothenburg , and his spouse pauline eidem , whose maiden name he took .
he received his filosofie kandidat degree from the university college of gothenburg in 1903 , his theology degree from lund university in 1907 , became licentiate there in 1912 and completed his doctorate of theology in 1918 .
he was docent of new testament exegesis in lund 1913-1924 , and was assistant at uppsala university 1918-1919 .
he was vicar of gårdstånga parish 1924-1928 and professor of biblical studies in uppsala 1926-1928 , and in lund from 1928 until 1931 , when he was elected archbishop of uppsala .
he married elisabeth eklund , a daughter of the theologian pehr eklund , dean of the cathedral of lund and professor of church history at the university .
during the 1930s , eidem expressed nationalist views , but kept a clear distance from the german nazi regime and warned the lutheran church in germany for the prevalent anti-semitism .
after the war years , eidem was one of the churchmen who donated money to the high church st. ansgar foundation in uppsala .
following the murder of kaj munk on 4 january 1944 the danish resistance newspaper de frie danske brought condemning reactions from influential scandinavians , including eidem .
eidem was the last archbishop to be `` ex officio '' pro-chancellor of uppsala university .
