Samuel Troilius (22 May 1706 – 18 January 1764) was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1758 to his death.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 Other sources

Biography

He was born in Stora Skedvi parish in the province of Dalarna. His parents were Olof Troilius and Helena Gangia. His father was a vicar in the Church of Sweden.

In 1724, he had become student in Uppsala University, and was by 1734 appointed *istant professor of Greek and Roman literature, after having disputed in 1732 with the thesis De magnetismo morum naturali. He was ordained in 1736 and an 1740 he became a priest.

Troilius moved to Stockholm in 1740 as court chaplain, and the following year became the confessor of the Swedish Royal Family. In 1751, he was unanimously elected new Bishop of Västerås following the death of Andreas Kallsenius. In 1760, after the death of Henric Benzelius, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala. In 1760, Troilius also was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

His marriages were with Anna Elisabeth Angerstein in 1740 and with Brita Elisabet Silfverstolpe in 1751.In 1756, he and his descendants were ennobled under the surname von Troil. His son Uno von Troil (1746–1803) also served as Archbishop of Uppsala.

See also

• List of Archbishops of Uppsala

References

Other sources

• Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon, article Samuel Troilius In Swedish

Reformation

• Laurentius Petri (Nericius)

• Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis

17th century

• Olaus Martini
• Petrus Kenicius
• Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
• Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
• Lars Stigzelius
• Johan Baazius the younger
• Olov Svebilius

18th century

• Erik Benzelius the elder
• Haquin Spegel
• Mathias Steuchius
• Johannes Steuchius
• Erik Benzelius the younger
• Jacob Benzelius
• Henric Benzelius
• Samuel Troilius
• Magnus Beronius
• Carl Fredrik Mennander
• Uno von Troil

19th century

• Jakob Axelsson Lindblom
• Carl von Rosenstein
• Johan Olof Wallin
• Carl Fredrik af Wingård
• Hans Olof Holmström
• Anton Niklas Sundberg

20th century

• Johan August Ekman
• Nathan Söderblom
• Erling Eidem
• Yngve Brilioth
• Gunnar Hultgren
• Ruben Josefson
• Olof Sundby
• Bertil Werkström
• Gunnar Weman
• Karl Gustav Hammar

21st century

• Anders Wejryd
• Antje Jackelén