Anton Niklas Sundberg

The Most Reverend Anton Niklas Sundberg
Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden
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Church	Church of Sweden
Archdiocese	Uppsala
Appointed	1870
In office	1870-1900
Predecessor	Henrik Reuterdahl
Successor	Johan August Ekman
Orders
Ordination	1845
Consecration	6 March 1864 by Henrik Reuterdahl
Personal details
Born	(1818-05-27)May 27, 1818 Uddevalla, Sweden
Died	Uppsala, Sweden
Buried	Uppsala old cemetery
Nationality	Swede
Parents	Sven Sundberg Sara Katarina Lund
Previous post	Bishop of Karlstad (1864-1870)

Anton Niklas Sundberg (27 May 1818, Uddevalla – 2 February 1900) was a Lutheran clergyman, and the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala 1870–1900.

He acquired a philosophy doctor's degree in Uppsala, became dean and was ordained a clergyman, and then undertook travel through Europe in 1849-50. He was known as a controversial person; very outspoken, no stranger to using strong language and despising hypocrisy, but he displayed a remarkable sense of wit and authority. At a dinner party he once exclaimed "Second to chastity, small schnapps glasses are the worst I know!" which became a somewhat familiar quotation in Sweden.

Sundberg was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1874 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1877.

References

• Article Sundberg, A.N. From Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (Swedish)
• Anton Niklas Sundberg, from Bilder och minnen, by Harald Wieselgren, 1889

Religious titles
Preceded by Henrik Reuterdahl	Archbishop of Uppsala 1870–1900	Succeeded by Johan August Ekman
Cultural offices
Preceded by Ludvig Manderström	Swedish Academy, Seat No.15 1874–1900	Succeeded by Gottfrid Billing