Karl Martin Lönnebo is a Swedish

Sweden

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 clergyman who served as Bishop of the diocese of Linköping from 1980 to 1994.

Lönnebo was born in Storkågeträsk in present-day Skellefteå Municipality

Skellefteå Municipality

Skellefteå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå.-History:Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skellefteå" was merged with the rural municipality by the same...

. He studied theology at Johannelund theological seminary

Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola

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 and was ordained within the Swedish Evangelical Mission

Swedish Evangelical Mission

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 (Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stitelsen, EFS) in 1954. In 1964 he received a D.Th.

Doctor of Theology

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 degree on his doctoral dissertation Albert Schweitzers etisk-religiösa ideal. He worked as a pastor and chaplain in Uppsala

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 for a number of years, and was appointed Provost

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 (domprost) of Härnösand in 1977. In 1980 he was elected Bishop of Linköping, where he remained until his retirement.

Lönnebo has also written a number of books on religious life, many of them inspired by the spiritual traditions of northern Sweden, as well as by Eastern Christianity

Eastern Christianity

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In 1993 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (PhD) at Linköping University

Linköping University

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Lönnebo is married and has three children.