Nils Johan Ekdahl

Nils Johan Ekdahl (* April 27, 1799 in Fågeltofta, Sweden, † December 20, 1870 in Stockholm) was a Swedish theologian, political writer and cultural historian.

Life

After studying in Lund ( 1820 ) Ekdahl in 1822 was ordained pastor and received in 1825 a private tutor, and later a job as a preacher in Stockholm. With a grant from the Kungliga och Vitterhets History Antikvitets academies, he devoted himself historical and archaeological research and traveled 1826 Gotland, 1827-1830 the landscapes of Norrland in northern Sweden, which he reports in his treatise Om vattuminskningen i norra poltrakterna (1865 ).

Then explored Ekdahl on behalf of the Kungliga Samfundet promote utgivande av handskrifter rörande Scandinavia historia the archives to King Christian II (Denmark, Norway and Sweden). In 1838 he took over the parish at the Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm. Here he sat down one particularly for the relief of the poor.

In his last years Ekdahl was also a strong believer and supporter of living in Copenhagen Icelandic theologian Magnús Eiriksson, from which he translated two works into Swedish.

Works ( selection)

  • Christiern II: s arkiv. I. handlingar rörande Severin Norby, 1-3 ( 1835-36 ).
  • Nagra data for 13 s: Arig embetsverksamhet till förklarande af en 6 månaders ofrivillig overksamhet, Stockholm 1851.
  • Högmesso - predikan på klagodagen, the 14 augusti 1859 i kyrka Adolf Fredrik, Stockholm 1859 halls.
  • The norska Fragans historik, Stockholm 1860.
  • Predikan vid Jubilee celebrations the 4 november 1864, Stockholm 1864.
  • Om vattuminskningen i norra poltrakterna, concerning orsaker och concerning följder: embetsberättelse, Stockholm 1865.
  • Om osedligheten i Stockholm och concerning botemedel, Stockholm 1866.
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