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Andreas Laurentii Björnram

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The Most Reverend

Andreas Laurentii Björnram
Archbishop of Uppsala
Primate of Sweden
ChurchChurch of Sweden
ArchdioceseUppsala
Appointed1583
In office1583–1591
PredecessorLaurentius Petri Gothus
SuccessorAbraham Angermannus
Previous post(s)Bishop of Växjö (1576-1583)
Orders
Consecration2 June 1577
by Laurentius Petri Gothus
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born1520
Died1 January 1591
BuriedUppsala Cathedral
NationalitySwede

Andreas Laurentii Björnram (1520 – 1 January 1591), also known as Bothniensis, Bureus which he called himself in honor of his mother's family, was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1583 to his death. He was born in 1520, being the last Archbishop of Uppsala to have been born before King Gustav Vasa decreed Lutheranism to be the official state religion of the Kingdom of Sweden in 1531 during the Lutheran Reformation.

Was one of the strongest supporters of King John III of Sweden's liturgy. Eventually he changed his mind, and as archbishop advocated the reading of Martin Luther's catechism.

He was married to Margareta, the daughter of Laurentius Petri, a main character in the Swedish reformation of 1531.

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