Carl Fredrik af Wingård (born 26 September 1781 in

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, died 19 September 1851) was a

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of the

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, and

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. He served as Archbishop of Uppsala 1839–1851. He was also holder of seat 10 in the

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Biography

His noble title (''af'') was added to his family name Wingård already in 1799, as he was the son of a bishop,

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, who became his predecessor in the

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. He was cousin to the poet

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. Af Wingård studied at the

and eventually became

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there in 1810. In 1818 he was ordained priest and 8 July 1818 he became bishop of Gothenburg. From all reports, af Wingård seems to have been a humanistic teacher and professor, gentle and caring, especially towards students. Af Wingård was active against

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among priests, and was one of the founders of the Temperance Society () of

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, established in 1830. He also founded the

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() in 1835, an organization for missions work among the

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people, together with Methodist missionary George Scott, industrialist Samuel Owen, priest

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, Count

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, and others. He served as president of

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, a Christian education society. He was elected a member of the

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in 1838.

Distinctions

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of the

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References

Sources

Nordisk familjebok, article Wingård
In Swedish {{DEFAULTSORT:Wingard, Carl Fredrik 1781 births 1851 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala 19th-century Lutheran archbishops Members of the Swedish Academy Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Bishops of Gothenburg Swedish temperance activists