Antje Jackelén
Antje Jackelén | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala Primate Emerita of Sweden | |
Jackelén in 2013 | |
| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Archdiocese | Uppsala |
| Elected | 15 October 2013 |
| Installed | 15 June 2014 |
| Predecessor | Anders Wejryd |
| Successor | Martin Modéus |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Lund (2007–2014) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 by Lars Carlzon |
| Consecration | 15 April 2007 by Anders Wejryd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antje Zöllner 4 June 1955 |
| Nationality | |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Spouse |
Heinz Jackelén (m. 1979) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Gud är större ("God is greater") |
| Coat of arms | |
Antje Jackelén (née Zöllner; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita (prima inter pares) of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through a service in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, making her Sweden's first foreign-born archbishop since the 12th century, and the first female archbishop.
Jackelén was ordained a priest in the Church of Sweden in 1980 and became Doctor of Theology at Lund University in 1999. Previously she was Bishop of Lund from 2007 to 2014.