Gottfrid Billing
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The Right Reverend Gottfrid Billing | |
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| Bishop of Lund | |
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| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Diocese | Lund |
| Elected | 1898 |
| In office | 1898–1925 |
| Predecessor | Wilhelm Flensburg |
| Successor | Edvard Magnus Rodhe |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 7 September 1884 by Anton Niklas Sundberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1841 Önnestad, Sweden |
| Died | 14 January 1925 (aged 83) Lund, Sweden |
| Buried | Norra kyrkogården, Lund |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Parents | Magnus Billing & Hedvig Charlotta Collin |
| Spouse | Frida Bring |
| Children | Einar Billing |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
Axel Gottfrid Leonard Billing (29 April 1841 – 14 January 1925) was a Swedish cleric and theologian who served as a member of the Swedish Academy, member of the Första kammaren (upper house) in the Riksdag and Bishop of Lund from 1898 until 1925.[1]
Billing was born at Önnestad in Kristianstad Municipality, the son of Magnus Billing and Hedvig Charlotta Collin. In the early 1860s Billing enrolled as a theology student at Lund University. Billing represented a very conservative political view that has sometimes been called Oscarian after King Oscar II. In 1881 he became professor of practical theology at Lund University.
