Jakob Ulvsson (1430s – spring of 1521) was

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, Primate of the Roman Catholic Church of Sweden 1469–1515 and the founder of

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in 1477 .

Biography

Jakob Ulvsson came from a noble family background. He was born at Hacksta gård at Trögds härad in

Uppland Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small un ...

. He studied at the universities in

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(

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in 1458/1459) and

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(

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1460). He spent the years 1465–1470 in

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and was meanwhile appointed

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of Uppsala in 1465 and

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in 1468. Despite King

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wanting to make one of his own relatives

, Jakob Ulvsson was appointed archbishop by the pope in 1469 and ordained in

in 1470, after which he returned to

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. In the conflicts between the Danish king

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and the Swedish regent Sten Sture, Jakob took a mediating position, trying as far as possible to avoid open warfare, especially in Uppland. After Sten Sture's victory in the Battle at Brunkeberg in 1471, the situation stabilized and he participated in the work of the privy council. He is usually regarded is the main initiator of the university in Uppsala, which was founded after having received papal approval in the form of a bull of

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dated 27 February 1477. Jakob Ulvsson was appointed first chancellor of the university. He resigned from the archbishopric in 1515. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Uppsala until his death at

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in 1521.

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Other sources

*Gunnar Olsson, "Jakob Ulvsson", '' Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', Vol. 20, pp. 97–103.

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Nordisk familjebok, p. 1200
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