Carl Fredrik af Wingård (born 26 September 1781 in Stockholm, died 19 September 1851) was a

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archbishop of the

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, and

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. He served as Archbishop of Uppsala 1839–1851. He was also holder of seat 10 in the Swedish Academy.

Biography

His noble title (''af'') was added to his family name Wingård already in 1799, as he was the son of a bishop, Johan Wingård, who became his predecessor in the Diocese of Gothenburg. He was cousin to the poet

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. Af Wingård studied at the

and eventually became

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there in 1810. In 1818 he was ordained priest and 8 July 1818 he became bishop of Gothenburg. From all reports, af Wingård seems to have been a humanistic teacher and professor, gentle and caring, especially towards students. Af Wingård was active against

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among priests, and was one of the founders of the Temperance Society () of Gothenburg, established in 1830. He also founded the

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() in 1835, an organization for missions work among the

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people, together with Methodist missionary George Scott, industrialist Samuel Owen, priest

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, Count Mathias Rosenblad, and others. He served as president of

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, a Christian education society. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1838.

Distinctions

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* Commander of the

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References

Sources

Nordisk familjebok, article Wingård
In Swedish {{DEFAULTSORT:Wingard, Carl Fredrik 1781 births 1851 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Lutheran archbishops of Uppsala 19th-century Lutheran archbishops Members of the Swedish Academy Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Bishops of Gothenburg Swedish temperance activists