Bertil Edgar Gärtner (13 December 1924 – 20 September 2009) was a

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(1970–1991) and

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. In 1969 Gärtner became provost of

cathedral and on 24 July 1970 bishop of the Lutheran diocese of Gothenburg. Like his predecessor

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, Gärtner was theologically conservative and

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. He was the writer of a number of books about the ministry of the Church as well as on

subjects and one of the Swedish church leaders opposing the

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in the

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, an episcopal

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from

1972- Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe con ...

, Pro Ecclesia from 1990-1997, Laurentiistiftelsen from 1997- and Markusstiftelsen from 1998-2009.

Bibliography

* ''The Temple and the Community in Qumran and the New Testament''

References

External links

photograph of Bishop Gärtner

The Experience of the Church of Sweden
by Bertil E. Gärtner and Carl Strandberg from ''Man, Woman, and Priesthood'', pp. 123-133, edited by Peter Moore, SPCK London, 1978
''Bertil bloggar''
Bishop Gärtner's personal weblog {{DEFAULTSORT:Gartner, Bertil 1924 births 2009 deaths Princeton Theological Seminary faculty Bishops of Gothenburg Swedish Lutherans Swedish theologians Swedish people of German descent 20th-century Protestant theologians Swedish expatriates in the United States