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Former private boarding school in Uppsala, Sweden

59°51′38.79″N 17°37′59.33″E / 59.8607750°N 17.6331472°E / 59.8607750; 17.6331472

Fjellstedt School Fjellstedtska skolan

Location

Uppsala Sweden
Coordinates	59°51′38.79″N 17°37′59.33″E / 59.8607750°N 17.6331472°E / 59.8607750; 17.6331472
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of Sweden
Established	1862
Closed	1982

Six-pointed star in the windows of the northern gable at Linnégatan 1.

The Fjellstedt School (Swedish: Fjellstedtska skolan) was a private boarding school in Uppsala, Sweden, founded in 1862 and closed in 1982, with the main aim of preparing students for academic studies in theology and the priesthood in the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

The Fjellstedt School Foundation (Stiftelsen Fjellstedtska skolan) has been a theological training and course institute since 1982. The foundation owns a large property between the Fyris River and Östra Ågatan in central Uppsala, where, in addition to the foundation's activities, there are also premises for the Church of Sweden's educational institute.

History

The school has its origins in the work of priest and missionary Peter Fjellstedt (1802–1881). In 1845, money was gathered to support him and his family by enabling him to preach, establishing the Lund Missionary Society, where he became director in 1846. He and several theology professors at Uppsala University wanted to promote theological education. Bishops Henrik Reuterdahl, Ebbe Gustaf Bring and priests Johan Henrik Thomander, Peter Wieselgren, and Paul Gabriel Ahnfelt [sv] were some of the clergy involved in the early organization. Its first two students in the 1840s were some of the first Swedish missionaries to China, Carl Joseph Fast and Anders Elgqvist [sv]. The institute moved first to Stockholm in 1856 and later to Uppsala in 1859, where it was renamed in 1862 and became a school for future priests: the Fjellstedt School.

The school had its own curricula with a strong focus on classical languages. In addition to modern languages, Latin was taught in five of the seven years, starting in the third year of real school, and Greek was taught for four years. These languages also had more weekly hours than in other schools in the country. From 1914, the school had compulsory Hebrew lessons in the two highest years. In 1966, the focus was broadened and a degree was established to prepare for overseas service. It included the teaching of a non-European language, such as Swahili. A church music degree was established in 1977.

The conditions at the school, with the older humanities degree, led to a one-year delay in the abolition of the traditional studentexamen. By decision of the king, the last studentexam took place at the Fjellstedt School in 1969. Approximately 1,650 students graduated from Fjellstedtska School until the school ceased operations in 1982. Until 1939, students had to submit an explicit declaration of intent to become a priest in their application.

The Fjellstedt School Foundation now sees its task as strengthening the identity of priests and future priests – on the basis of the church's faith, confession and doctrine – in their mission as liturgists, preachers and pastors with an integrated personal Christian faith, and to work for increased knowledge and understanding of different religious orientations, theological interpretations and expressions of Christian faith within the Church of Sweden and the worldwide church. Every year, some ten courses are organized in the fields of church services, pastoral care, diaconia and international activities.

Associated people and influence

A number of well-known priests, including 25 from the Lutheran Augustana Synod, attended the Fjellstedt School. Scholar Conrad Bergendorff notes, "It would be no exaggeration to say that the Fjellstedt influence was a predominant one in the development of the character of Swedish Lutheranism in the United States."

Notable instructors

Carl Axel Brolén (1845–1939), Latinist, taught 1911–1925
Thore Christian Elias Fries (1886–1930), botanist, taught 1911–1913
Salomon Eberhard Hanschen (1847–1930), neurologist, taught 1870–1873
Frans Reinhold Kjellman (1846–1907), botanist, taught 1872–1878
Henrik Samuel Nyberg (1889–1974), expert in Iranology and Arab studies, taught 1916–1927

Notable students

Nicolaus Bergensköld (1838–1907), clergyman
John Elof Boodin (1869–1950), philosopher
Olof Olsson (1841–1900), clergyman
Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014), Assyriologist

Rectors

1862–1866: Ulrik Mikael Lundgren
1866–1870: Nils Linnarsson
1870–1920: Johannes Kerfstedt
1920–1936: Gustaf Norrman
1936–1963: Georg Landberg
1963–1982: Allan Parkman

Directors

1920–1928: Adolf Kolmodin
1929–1930: Gustaf Ljunggren
1930–1936: Torsten Ysander
1936–1944: Yngve Rudberg
1945–1958: Ruben Josefson
1982–1993: Allan Parkman
1994–2011: Per Hansson
2011– Leif Nordenstorm

References

Notes

Rodén, Nils. "Peter Fjellstedt". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
Bergendoff, Conrad (1980). The Augustana ministerium: a study of the careers of the 2,504 pastors of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Synod/Church, 1850-1962 (PDF). Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Historical Society. p. 2. ISBN 9780910184281. OCLC 6709328.
Bergendorff, Conrad. "The Augustana pastor: Saga of a thousand immigrants from Sweden". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Jacobson, G. "Carl Axel Brolén". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
Du Rietz, Einar. "Thore C E Fries". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
Lindberg, Bo S. (2013). Salomon Eberhard Henschen: en biografi (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-91-554-8770-6. OCLC 881225577. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-04-26.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Franzén, Olle. "Frans R Kjellman". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
Toll, Christopher. "Henrik (H S) S Nyberg". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
Bowman, Charles Victor (1907). Missionsvännerna i Amerika: en återblick på deras uppkomst och första verksamhetstid (in Swedish). Minneapolis Veckoblad Pub. Co. p. 96.
Hull, Richard T. (2013-01-01). "Biography: John Elof Boodin". The American Philosophical Association Centennial Series: 97–98. doi:10.5840/apapa2013785. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
Bergendoff, Conrad (1980). The Augustana ministerium: a study of the careers of the 2,504 pastors of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Synod/Church, 1850-1962 (PDF). Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Historical Society. p. 20. ISBN 9780910184281. OCLC 6709328.
Andersson, Jakob (2019-02-28). "In Memoriam Åke W. Sjöberg (1924–2014)". Orientalia Suecana: 13–17. doi:10.33063/diva-377933. ISSN 2001-7324. S2CID 148079588.

Sources

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Fjellstedtska skolan: årsskrift (in Swedish). Uppsala: Kamratföreningen Gamla fjellstedtare. 1943. OCLC 185649442.
Palmqvist, Arne (1994). Fjellstedtska skolans historia (in Swedish). Uppsala: Kamratföreningen Gamla Fjellstedtare. ISBN 9789163032042.
Palmqvist, Arne; Smedh, Sara (1997). Fjellstedtska skolans studenter: biografisk matrikel (in Swedish). Uppsala: Kamratföreningen Gamla Fjellstedtare. ISBN 9789163059797.