Jon Birgersson (died 24 February 1157) was a Norwegian clergyman, bishop, and the first archbishop of the

archdiocese of Nidaros The Archdiocese of Nidaros (or Niðaróss) was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim). The archdiocese existed from the middle of the twelfth cent ...

. His father's name was Birger, but his year of birth is unknown. He served as bishop of the

diocese of Stavanger The Diocese of Stavanger () is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers all of Rogaland county in western Norway. The cathedral city is Stavanger, where the Stavanger Cathedral is located. The bishop is Anne Lise Ådnøy, who has held the p ...

from 1135. From 1152 or 1153 he was appointed archbishop of Nidaros. He died in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

in 1157.

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1157 deaths 12th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Norway {{Norway-reli-bio-stub