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Up for sale an "Archbishop of Uppsala" Erling Eidem Hand Signed Card.
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rling Eidem (23 April 1880 –
14 April 1972) 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.
