Anton Niklas Sundberg
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The Most Reverend Anton Niklas Sundberg |
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| Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden |
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| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Archdiocese | Uppsala |
| Appointed | 1870 |
| In office | 1870-1900 |
| Predecessor | Henrik Reuterdahl |
| Successor | Johan August Ekman |
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| Ordination | 1845 |
| Consecration | 6 March 1864 by Henrik Reuterdahl |
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| Born |
May 27, 1818 Uddevalla, Sweden |
| Died | February 2, 1900 (aged 81) Uppsala, Sweden |
| Buried | Uppsala old cemetery |
| Nationality | Swede |
| Parents | Sven Sundberg Sara Katarina Lund |
| Previous post | Bishop of Karlstad (1864-1870) |
Anton Niklas Sundberg (27 May 1818, Uddevalla – 2 February 1900) was a Lutheran clergyman, and the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala 1870–1900.
He acquired a philosophy doctor's degree in Uppsala, became dean and was ordained a clergyman, and then undertook travel through Europe in 1849-50. He was known as a controversial person; very outspoken, no stranger to using strong language and despising hypocrisy, but he displayed a remarkable sense of wit and authority. At a dinner party he once exclaimed "Next to godliness and chastity, small schnapps glasses are the worst I know!" which became a somewhat familiar quotation in Sweden.
Sundberg was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1874 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1877.
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