Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Ruben Josefson | |
Native Name: | Per Love Ruben Josefson |
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden | |
Church: | Church of Sweden |
Appointed: | 1967 |
Term: | 1967–1972 |
Term Start: | 1967 |
Term End: | 1972 |
Predecessor: | Gunnar Hultgren |
Successor: | Olof Sundby |
Ordination: | 15 December 1940 |
Ordained By: | Erling Eidem |
Consecration: | 18 January 1959 |
Consecrated By: | Gunnar Hultgren |
Rank: | Metropolitan Archbishop |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1907 |
Death Place: | Uppsala, Sweden |
Buried: | Uppsala gamla kyrkogård |
Parents: | Per Linus Josefson Alfrida Lovisa Christiansson |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Härnösand (1958-1967) |
Alma Mater: | Uppsala University |
Coat Of Arms: | Ruben Josefson ärkebiskopsvapen.svg |
Ruben Josefson (25 August 1907 – 19 March 1972) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. [1]
He enrolled at Uppsala University in 1926, became a graduate of theology there in 1931, theology licentiate in 1935 and doctor of theology in 1937.Josefson was ordained priest in 1940. He was appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Härnösand in 1958 and served in this position until 1967 when he was appointed Archbishop of Uppsala. He was archbishop until his death in 1972.[2]