Misplaced Pages

Johan Stiernhöök

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Swedish. (March 2015) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Swedish Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|sv|Johan Stiernhöök}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Johan Stiernhöök
Lithograph by Johan Cardon
Born27 February 1596
Rättvik, Dalarna, Sweden
Died25 July 1675
Stockholm, Sweden
OccupationLawyer
Parent(s)Olaus Petri Dalecarlus
Margareta Hansdotter
RelativesPetrus Olai Dalekarlus (brother)
Johan Widekindi (nephew)

Johan Stiernhöök (27 February 1596 — 25 July 1675) was a Swedish lawyer. He has been called "the Swedish Justice father."

Biography

Johan Stiernhook was the son of the chaplain in Rättvik, later vicar of Bro, Västmanland, Olaus Petri Dalecarlus (d. 1616) who signed the decision of the Uppsala meeting and was the brother of Pastor primarius, and Margareta Hansdotter. He took the name Johan Olai Dalecarlus. His sister Sara was the mother of historian Johan Widekindi and his brother Peter Olai Dalekarlus was Dean of Västerås and a member of parliament. Since Johan Stiernhook lost their parents, he could only through a relative's assistance in Arboga able to continue his studies in Västerås. The unusual diligence and vast knowledge, he was, though he was not a student, staff member collega Scholae in Arboga, and when he incurred the newly appointed Bishop John Rudbeckius 'attention, he obtained in 1619 through its agency of funds to study at Uppsala University. On the bishop's preface he also received the same year a scholarship and free travel by Axel Oxenstierna to Germany, where he studied at the universities of Leipzig, Jena, Wittenberg, and Rostock .


Flag of SwedenJustice icon

This article about a Swedish lawyer, judge or jurist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: