Anton Niklas Sundberg

• Type — Archbishop • Honorific Prefix — The Most Reverend • Name — Anton Niklas Sundberg • Title — Archbishop of Uppsala Primate of Sweden • Church — Church of Sweden • Archdiocese — Uppsala • Appointed — 1870 • Term — 1870–1900 • Term End — 2 February 1900 • Predecessor — Henrik Reuterdahl • Successor — Johan August Ekman • Ordination — 1845 • Consecration — 6 March 1864 • Consecrated By — Henrik Reuterdahl • Born — 27 May 1818 • Birthplace — Uddevalla, Sweden • Died — 2 February 1900 • Place of death — Uppsala, Sweden • Buried — Uppsala gamla kyrkogård • Parents — Sven Sundberg Sara Katarina Lund • Previous Post — Bishop of Karlstad (1864-1870)

He acquired a doctor of philosophy and theology degree at Uppsala University in 1842, became dean and was ordained a priest in 1845. He then undertook travel through Europe in 1849–50. He was a lecturer in theology at Lund University in 1849 and from 1852 to 1856 a professor of dogmatics and moral theology. From 1856 to 1864 he was professor of church history and symbolism at the university. In 1861 he was appointed vicar in Lund before being appointed bishop of the Diocese of Karlstad in 1864. In 1870, he became Archbishop of Uppsala and Pro-Chancellor of Uppsala University. Sundberg was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1874 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1877.

• Article Sundberg, A.N. From Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon • Anton Niklas Sundberg, from Bilder och minnen, by Harald Wieselgren, 1889

• Bexell, Oloph (2003) Sveriges kyrkohistoria. 7, Folkväckelsens och kyrkoförnyelsens tid (Verbum, Stockholm)