Asser Thorkilsson

Asker (*, ? † May 5, 1137 ), also Ascer, Asher, Asger or Asker Svennson, was a Danish clergyman and the first archbishop of Lund, which still belonged to Denmark at the time.

As the son of Sven Torgunnson and his wife Inga Asker belonged to the former upper class and was related to the Danish royal family. On November 18, 1089 he was first ordained a bishop of Lund, but was still under the archbishopric of Bremen- Hamburg. On a trip 1095/96 to Pope Paschal II, wanted to ask the King Erik to mediate in a dispute with the Archdiocese of Hamburg, the king said also the desire to own Archdiocese for the North. Further negotiations with a legate 1102/ 03 appears to have been positive because of an archbishopric Lund is already in a papal letter of 8 May 1104, the speech. Thus, the ecclesiastical independence was attained from the Archdiocese of Bremen -Hamburg and Lund for ecclesiastical center in Denmark, which were under the churches of Iceland, Norway and Sweden. From this point on, Asker was archbishop.

Asker had several brothers, who were also in high office. Eskil, the son of Askers brother Kristian was Askers after death his successor.