| Type: | bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Helge Ljungberg | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Th.D. |
| Bishop of Stockholm | |
| Church: | Church of Sweden |
| Diocese: | Stockholm |
| Term: | 1954–1971 |
| Predecessor: | Manfred Björkquist |
| Successor: | Ingmar Ström |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Enköping, Sweden |
| Buried: | Danderyd Church Cemetery |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Religion: | Lutheran |
| Parents: | David Ljungberg, Hilda Jansson |
| Spouse: | Ruth Sterner |
| Children: | 3 |
Helge David Ljungberg (25 November 1904 – 24 November 1983) was a Swedish religious historian and Bishop of Stockholm from 1954 to 1971.
Ljungberg was born in Enköping in Uppsala County, Sweden, the son of David Ljungberg, a priest, and Hilda Jansson.[1] His sister was the politician Blenda Ljungberg.
At Uppsala University he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in philosophy in 1926 and theology in 1928, and a doctorate in theology in 1938 with a dissertation on the Christianisation of Scandinavia.[1]
From 1938 to 1950, Ljungberg was a docent in the history and psychology of religion at Uppsala University.[1] He was a scholar of Swedish pre-Christian religion and published several books on the subject, including in 1980 the popular work Röde Orm och Vite Krist (Red Serpent and White Christ). He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Uppsala in 1958.[1]
In 1947 he became a vicar at Oscar's Church, and in 1950 pastor of Engelbrekt Parish, both in Stockholm. He also served as a military chaplain. In 1954 he was appointed Bishop of Stockholm.[1] In this capacity, in 1960, he ordained one of the first three woman priests in the Church of Sweden, Elisabeth Djurle.[2] He edited the magazine from 1941 to 1951 and headed the organisation Pro Fide et Christianismo from 1974 to 1983.[1]
Ljungberg married Ruth Sterner in 1928; they had two sons and a daughter.[1] He died on 24 November 1983 and was buried in the cemetery of .[3]