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Jarler (Latin Jarlerius) (died August 22, 1255) was a Swedish Dominican friar and Archbishop of Uppsala from 1236 to 1255.

Biography

Jarler was one of the two earliest known Swedish students at the University of Paris. During his time as archbishop, the Dominican and Franciscan friars settled in Sweden. These orders benefited the Christian awareness among the common populations through their preaching. Cistercians, the previously order in Sweden, did not preach.

In Sweden, the political climate was shaky. In 1247, the house of Folkung (Folkungaätten) revolted against King Eric XI of Sweden, resulting in the Battle of Sparrsätra.

In 1247-48, papal delegate Vilhelm av Sabina was sent to Sweden to investigate the recurring accusations of marriage among priests. Clerical celibacy was a long-standing Church doctrine. Jarler participated at a church meeting at Skänninge in 1248, where it was decided to consecrate the rule of celibacy, the Church's independence of the King, and finally that the archbishop should be elected through a cathedral chapter and not as previously by the King personally. The rules established an important foundation, even though they were not always followed.

In 1254 Jarler sent a letter to Pope Innocent IV applied for dismissal from his office. He was one of the few Swedish archbishops to have made this request. The reasons he gave were that he was old and crippled. The Pope granted his resignation, but before the message had arrived in 1255, Jarler had already died. He was buried in the Dominican convent church in Sigtuna.

References

1. "Jarlerius". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
2. "Folkungaätten". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved August 1, 2020.

External links

• Nordisk familjebok, article Vilhelm av Sabina
• Nordisk familjebok, article Jarler

Other sources

• Åsbrink, Gustav & Westman, Knut B. Svea rikes ärkebiskopar från 1164 till nuvarande tid (Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1935)

This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.

v t e Archbishops of Uppsala
Pre-Reformation Catholic Church in Sweden (1164–1557), Protestant Church of Sweden (1531–present)
12th century	Stefan Johannes Petrus
13th century	Olov Lambatunga Valerius Olov Basatömer Jarler Lars Folke Johansson Ängel Jakob Israelsson Johan Odulfsson Magnus Bosson Johan Nils Allesson
14th century	Nils Kettilsson Olov Björnsson Petrus Filipsson Hemming Nilsson Petrus Torkilsson Birger Gregersson Henrik Karlsson
15th–16th centuries	Jöns Gerekesson Johan Håkansson Olov Larsson Arnold of Bergen Nicolaus Ragvaldi Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna Tord Pedersson (Bonde) Jakob Ulvsson Gustav Trolle Catholic titular Archbishops in exile in Rome during the Reformation in Sweden Johannes Magnus Olaus Magnus
Reformation	Laurentius Petri (Nericius) Archbishops during the Liturgical Struggle Laurentius Petri Gothus Andreas Laurentii Björnram Abraham Angermannus Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis
17th century	Olaus Martini Petrus Kenicius Laurentius Paulinus Gothus Johannes Canuti Lenaeus Lars Stigzelius Johan Baazius the younger Olov Svebilius
18th century	Erik Benzelius the elder Haquin Spegel Mathias Steuchius Johannes Steuchius Erik Benzelius the younger Jacob Benzelius Henric Benzelius Samuel Troilius Magnus Beronius Carl Fredrik Mennander Uno von Troil
19th century	Jakob Axelsson Lindblom Carl von Rosenstein Johan Olof Wallin Carl Fredrik af Wingård Hans Olof Holmström Anton Niklas Sundberg
20th century	Johan August Ekman Nathan Söderblom Erling Eidem Yngve Brilioth Gunnar Hultgren Ruben Josefson Olof Sundby Bertil Werkström Gunnar Weman Karl Gustav Hammar
21st century	Anders Wejryd Antje Jackelén Martin Modéus

• Roman Catholic archbishops of Uppsala
• 13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Sweden
• 1255 deaths