Uno von Troil

1746–1803.

Archbishop.

Uno Trolius, later Uno von Troil, was born in Stockholm. After theological studies in Uppsala von Troil, between 1770–1773, undertook a long trip abroad in Europe and visited Iceland as well. His trip report was portrayed in Letters concerning travel to Iceland. The book was highly acclaimed and translated into German, English and French.

Uno von Troil was ordained in 1773 and, thanks to good relations with King Gustavus III, made a fast career. He became archbishop at the age of 40 and was interested in work for the poor and teaching.

Uno von Troil was also a keen supporter for general Ecclesiastical Affairs and published in 1793 Proposals for church songs for Church songs for the Swedish assembly and Proposals for a new Church handbook, both of which were characterized by his efforts to modernize the Swedish Language.

As a researcher in church history, he published the work Writings and documents to enlightenment in the history of the Swedish Church and Reformation (5 bands, 1790-91).

Uno von Troils "autobiography and travel Notes" is published In the Swedish memoirs and lettersof Henrik Schücks and Oscar Levertins.

Uno von Troil sat at the deathbed of King Gustavus III and later held his sermon.

 

Burial site: 0104-0225

Image description: Uno von Troil, painting Lorens Pasch the Younger. Photo: Valda tidsbilder ur Amiral Carl Tersmedens memoarer av Ann Margret Holmgren, Stockholm 1925 / Wikimedia Commons. [The image is cropped]
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Margit Sahlin

1914–2003.

Priest, theologian, writer.

Margit Sahlin was one of Sweden's first three female priests and ordained in 1960 when the Swedish church, through a Council decision, let women become priests. A new law was made in 1958 and came into force in 1959.

Prior to that she had acquired a broad academic background and a doctorate in Romance languages about the Church dance and the Folk dance song, La Carole médiévale et ses rapports avec l´Église (the medieval dance and its contact with the church). Already in 1940, she is interdisciplinary in her dissertation.

Sahlin took the initiative to the formation of Katharina foundation and was its director for a total of 34 years. The foundation is described as a meeting place for dialogue between church and society.

Sahlin was secretary of the Swedish Church's central Council in 1945-1970 and was appointed honorary Doctorate of Theology in Uppsala in 1978.

In the 1970s she was also vicar of the Engelbrekt parish in Stockholm. She performed a pioneering work through the formation of the Diocese Women's council around the country and its umbrella organization ecclesiastical Women's Council (today women in the Swedish church). In 1995 she received the Equality Prize from the Minister for Equality Marita Ulvskog.

Among the several books Margit Sahlin has written are Evangelisation (1947), Man and Woman in the Church of Christ (1950), The Service of the Word in a Changed World (1959), Time for Rethinking (1980), With Peter (1982), Hurdan is God (1985), The Secretive Book. Reading the Bible Today (1994) and Jesus. The Secret of God (1999).

The Margit Sahlin Academy was established in 2015 and is the platform for exchange of views between science, society, culture, and Church in Margit Sahlin's spirit.

 

Burial site: 0154-0137

Image description: Margit Sahlin at her summer house in Dalarna, unknown year. Photo: Ulf Palm. [The image is cropped]
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