Johan Wingård

The Right Reverend
Johan Wingård
KNO, RCXIII:sO
Bishop of Gothenburg
Portrait in oil by Johan Ahlberg
Church Church of Sweden
Diocese Gothenburg
In office 1780-1818
Predecessor Erik Lamberg
Successor Carl Fredrik af Wingård
Personal details
Born (1738-04-19)April 19, 1738
Bohuslän, Sweden
Died January 12, 1818(1818-01-12) (aged 79)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality  Sweden
Spouse Fredrika af Darelli
Children Johan Didrik af Wingård, Johanna Helena Wrangel, Carl Fredrik af Wingård
Alma mater Uppsala University
Motto Omnibus non placere

Johan Wingård (1738-1818) was a Swedish Lutheran bishop of the Diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden, as well as first holder of chair no. 6 of the Swedish Academy. He also served as Member of the Riksdag.

Biography

Johan Wingård was born in 1738 in Bohuslän, Sweden, to Didrik Hansson Wingård and Inger Helena Eriksdotter Quilldahl. His family included several clergy; his 4th great grandfather was the Norwegian-Swedish Protestant reformer Gude Axelsson Gedda, and his nephew was the poet Johan Börjesson. He married Fredrika af Darelli, their issue included Johan Didrik af Wingård, Johanna Helena Wrangel, Carl Fredrik af Wingård.

Johan Wingård studied at Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet and Uppsala University, from where he received a Doctor of Theology in 1779. He was ordained priest in Saint James's Church in Stockholm in 1766, appointed Vicar in 1775, and bishop of the Diocese of Gothenburg in 1780. He served at the royal court of Queen Louisa Ulrika, whose funeral he also held in the Riddarholm Church.

He was the father of Carl Fredrik af Wingård, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden.

Bishop Johan Wingård attended the Riksdag of Sweden in 1778, 1786, 1789, 1792, and 1800.

He was the first holder of chair No. 6 of the Swedish Academy, a member of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, and a fellow of Pro Patria.

Distinctions

References

  • Berättelser ur Göteborgs Historia under Gustavianska tiden, Hugo Fröding, Wald. Zachrissons Boktryckeri, Göteborg 1922 s.136-141
  • Nordisk Familjebok
  • Porträtt av biskopar i sin tid, professor Anders Jarlert, Göteborgs stiftshistoriska sällskap, Tre Böcker Förlag, Göteborg 1997 ISBN 91-7029-337-6 s. 48-49
  • Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad, Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män: Wa - Win, [Volym 20], P. M. Lindhs förlag, Uppsala, 1852
  • Matrikel öfwer dem af Swea-Rikes ridderskap och adel, som från år 1794 till närwarande tid blifwit introducerade, samt adopterade, och i riddare-klassen flyttade, Carl Fredrik Rothlieb & Johan Adam Rehbinder, Stockholm, 1807 s. 110f
    Cultural offices
    Preceded by
    First holder    		 Swedish Academy,
    Seat No. 6
    2013–    		 Succeeded by
    Adolf Göran Mörner
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