The Most Reverend Anders Wejryd | |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Uppsala Primate Emeritus of Sweden | |
 Wejryd in 2009 | |
| Church | Church of Sweden |
| Diocese | Uppsala |
| Elected | 30 March 2006 |
| Installed | 2 September 2006 |
| Term ended | 15 June 2014 |
| Predecessor | K. G. Hammar |
| Successor | Antje Jackelén |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 December 1972 (priest) |
| Consecration | 17 December 1995[1] by Gunnar Weman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anders Harald Wejryd 8 August 1948 Falköping, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Parents | Harald Wejryd Birgitta Lagher |
| Spouse | Kajsa Wejryd (née Malmfors) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
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Anders Harald Wejryd (born 8 August 1948) is a Swedish Lutheran clergyman. Having been Bishop of Växjö since 1995, he was elected Archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden in March 2006 and took office in September of the same year. He left office in 2014, and was replaced with Antje Jackelén.[2]
- ^ Kjell Blückert, Signum 2007, 1: Vägröjaren Wejryd (in Swedish)
- ^ "Religious Organizations" (in Swedish). World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.