Jacob Axelsson Lindblom

Jacob Axelsson Lindblom (27 July 1746 – 15 February 1819) was a Swedish scholar and professor who became Archbishop of Uppsala, a position he held between 1805–1819.[1]

The Most Reverend Jacob Axelsson Lindblom
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1805
In office	1805–1819
Predecessor	Uno von Troil
Successor	Carl von Rosenstein
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1786 by Uno von Troil
Consecration	1 March 1787 by Uno von Troil
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	July 27, 1746 Skeda, Östergötland, Sweden
Died	December 2, 1836 (aged 60) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swede
Parents	Axel Johan Lindblom Regina Margaretha Pallavicini
Spouse	Margareta Fondin (1780–1783) Sofia Ulrica Söderberg (1784–1819)
Children	Lars Axel Lindblom Gustaf Adolf Lindblom
Previous post	Bishop of Linköping (1786–1805)
Alma mater	University of Uppsala

Biography

Axelsson Lindblom was born at Skeda in Östergötland, the son of a clergyman. He received his secondary education at Linköping gymnasium and matriculated at Uppsala University in 1763. He became student of the philologist Johan Ihre and the Latinist Petrus Ekerman (1696–1783) who was also inspector of the student society Östgöta nation (Uppsala).[2]

He worked as a tutor for a noble family in Livonia 1764–1766, came back to Uppsala where he completed his magister degree in 1770. After having worked as a docent and a librarian at the university library, he became an extraordinary professor in 1779 and was appointed to the Skyttean professorship of Eloquence and Political Science in 1781, after the death of his teacher Johan Ihre. Axelsson Lindblom published a History of Roman Literature (Illustriores linguæ Romanæ critici) and collaborated with Ihre on a Lexicon Latino-Svecanum, which he was eventually to complete in 1790. He published prolifically historical, literary and other topics, but is not regarded as particularly original in his scholarly production.[3]

Axelsson Lindblom was a favorite of King Gustavus III, who made him Bishop of Linköping in December 1786, nor withstanding the fact he had never been ordained, a situation remedied a few days after the appointment. As bishop he succeeded Uno von Troil, who had been made Archbishop of Uppsala, and in 1805 he succeeded von Troil as archbishop of Uppsala as well, an appointment which also made him Pro-Chancellor of the University. [4]

He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1809, and was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Seraphim in 1818. His children were raised to the nobility with a change of surname to Lindersköld.[3]

References

1. "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
2. "The house of Östgöta Nation". ostgotanation.se. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
3. "Jacob Lindblom". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
4. "Troil, Uno von". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

Other sources

• Nordisk familjebok, vol. 16 (1912), col. 588f (in Swedish)