Caroline Krook (born 18 November 1944 in

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) is a retired

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in the

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. In 1990 she was appointed as Dean of

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Biography

Krook was ordained priest in 1969 for the

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and was appointed a prison chaplain in

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, the first female to do so in Sweden. She was the bishop of the Diocese of Stockholm from 1998 until her retirement in 2009, when she was succeeded by

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. Krook lives in Stockholm.Church of Sweden:Caroline Krook
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