Yngve Brilioth (1889-1959) was Lutheran Bishop of Växjö from 1938 to 1950 and Archbishop of Uppsala from 1950 until 1958. Yngve is a Scandinavian Male Given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther The Diocese of Växjö is a former Roman Catholic bishopric and presently one of the 13 dioceses or regional units of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until early 20th century has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164 first during the Catholic He was the author of a history of the Oxford Movement, written to coincide with its centenary in 1933. The Oxford Movement or Tractarianism was an affiliation of High Church Anglicans, most of whom were members of the University of Oxford, who sought He married the daughter of a predecessor, Nathan Söderblom. Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom ( 15 January 1866 &ndash 12 July 1931) was a Swedish clergyman Archbishop of Uppsala in
| Preceded by Erling Eidem |
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden 1950–1958 |
Succeeded by Gunnar Hultgren |