Edvard Bergenheim, previously Bergenhem (18 September 1798 – 19 February 1884) was the Archbishop of Turku and the spiritual head of the

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between 1850 and 1884.

Biography

Bergenheim was born on 18 September 1798 in

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, the son of Erik Johan Bergenheim and Hedvig Sofia Hannelius. His father came from a Swedish family of clergymen, while his mother came from the Hannuksela peasant family and the Peldan family of clergymen. He graduated in 1817 with a

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and in 1823 with a

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from Royal Academy of Turku. Bergenheim was a teacher at the Hamina Cadet School and taught history, geography and statistics. Bergenheim completed his theological studies in December 1830 and was ordained priest. He served as a lecturer, rector and second vice-rector of history at Turku High School between 1832 and 1844. In 1850 he was appointed Archbishop of Turku and was consecrated in Porvoo Cathedral on 24 May 1850. Bergenheim married Aleksandra Bruun in 1832. He was a member of the House of Nobility since 1837.

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BERGENHEIM, Edvard
1798 births 1884 deaths People from Vaasa Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku 19th-century Lutheran archbishops 19th-century Finnish people Finnish people of Swedish descent {{Finland-Lutheran-bishop-stub