List of Scandinavian saints

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This page is a list of Scandinavian saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark.

Saints[]

Saints before Reformation[]

Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the six patron saints of Europe
  • Saint Hallvard Vebjørnsson (ca. 1020 - 1043), Young Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo; Martyr (Lier - Drammensfjord, Sweden)
    • Canonized: Pre-Congregation
  • Saint Henrik of Finland (1100-1156), Apostolic Vicar of Finland; Martyr (England, United Kingdom – Helsinki, Finland)
    • Canonized: Pre-Congregation
  • Saint Ingrid of Skänninge (d. 1282), Professed Religious of the Dominican Nuns (Skänninge, Sweden)
    • Canonized: Confirmation of Cult
  • Saint Knud IV of Denmark (ca. 1042–1086), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Copenhagen; King of Denmark (Odense, Denmark)
    • Canonized: April 19, 1101 by Pope Paschal II
  • Saint Knud Lavard (1096-1131), Layperson of the Diocese of Copenhagen; Martyr (Roskilde – Zealand, Denmark)
    • Canonized: November 8, 1169 by Pope Alexander III
  • Saint Kjeld of Viborg (ca. 1100–1150), Professed Priest of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (Viborg, Denmark)
  • Saint Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (ca. 1100–1158), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo (Jæren, Norway – Scotland, United Kingdom)
  • Saint Helena of Skövde (d. 1160), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Stockholm (Skövde, Sweden)
    • Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III
  • Saint Guillaume of Æbelhot (1125-1203), Professed Priest of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine (Paris, France – Hillerød, Denmark)
    • Canonized: January 21, 1224 by Pope Honorius III
  • Saint Vilhelm of Roskilde (d. ca. 1073), Bishop of Roskilde (Zealand, Denmark)
    • Canonized: January 21, 1224 by Pope Honorius III
  • Saint Øystein Erlendsson (d. 1188), Archbishop of Nidaros (Trøndelag, Norway)
    • Canonized: January 26, 1229 by Pope Gregory IX
  • Saint Brigitta Birgersdotter (Bridget of Sweden) (ca. 1303–1373), Founder of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Bridgettines) (Uppland, Sweden – Rome, Italy)
    • Canonized: October 7, 1391 by Pope Boniface IX
  • Saint Katarina Ulfsdotter (Catherine of Vadstena) (ca. 1332–1381), Professed Religious of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Bridgettines) (Vadstena, Sweden)
    • Canonized: March 22, 1484 by Pope Innocent VIII
  • Saint Brinolfo Algotsson (ca. 1240–1317), Bishop of Skara (Västergötland – Skara, Sweden)
    • Canonized: August 16, 1492 by Pope Alexander VI

Saints after Reformation[]

Elizabeth Hesselblad, the latest Scandinavian to be canonized by the Catholic Church
  • Saint Willehad van Deem (1482-1572), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr (Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark – (South) Holland)
    • Beatified: November 24, 1675 by Pope Clement X
    • Canonized: June 29, 1867 by Pope Pius IX
  • Saint Thorlak Thorhallsson (1133-1193), Bishop of Skálholt (Fljótslíð – Skálholt, Iceland)
    • Beatified: Confirmation of Cult
    • Canonized: January 14, 1984 by Pope John Paul II
  • Saint Maria Elisabetta Hesselblad (1870-1957), Founder of the Bridgettines (Re-established) (Västra Götaland, Sweden – Rome, Italy)
    • Declared "Venerable": March 26, 1999
    • Beatified: April 9, 2000 by Pope John Paul II
    • Canonized: June 5, 2016 by Pope Francis

Blesseds[]

  • Blessed Hemming of Turku (d. 1366), Bishop of Åbo (Uppsala, Sweden - Turku, Finland)
    • Beatified: Confirmation of Cult
  • Blessed Niels Steensen [Stensen] (1638-1686), Titular Bishop of Titiopolis (Copenhagen, Denmark – Schwerin, Germany)
    • Declared "Venerable": January 12, 1984
    • Beatified: October 23, 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Venerable[]

Ellen Ammann, foundress of German Catholic Women's Association
  • Venerable Karl Halfdan Schilling (Karl Maria) (1835-1907), Professed Priest of the Barnabites (Oslo, Norway – Hainaut, Belgium)
    • Declared "Venerable": September 19, 1968

Servants of God[]

  • Servant of God Ellen Aurora Sundström Amman (1870-1932), Married Layperson of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising (Stockholm, Sweden – Munich, Germany)[1]
  • Servant of God Stanisław Komar (1882-1942), Professed Religious of the Jesuits; Martyr (Stockholm, Sweden – KZ Dachau, Germany)[2][3]
  • Servant of God Florence Catherine Flanagan (Maria Caterina) (1892-1941), Professed Religious of the Bridgettine Sisters (England, United Kingdom – Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Servant of God Madaleina Catherine Beuchamp Hambriugh (1887-1966), Professed Religious of the Bridgettine Sisters (England, United Kingdom – Rome, Italy)

Candidates for Sainthood[]

Grave of Msgr. Göran Degen, a saintly priest from Gothenburg
  • Zackarias Olai Anthelius (ca. 1583–1624), Nicolaus Campanius (1593-1624) and Göran Bähr (1595-1624), Married Laypersons of the Diocese of Stockholm; Martyrs (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Joséphine Maximilienne de Beauharnais (1807-1876), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Stockholm; Queen of Sweden and Norway (Milan, Italy – Stockholm, Sweden)
  • John Jensen (Benedict) (1889-1947), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor; Martyr (Køge, Denmark – Jiangsu, China)
  • Sigrid Undset Svarstad (1882-1949), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo; Member of the Lay Dominicans (Kalundborg, Denmark – Lillehammer, Norway)[4][5]
  • Jóhannes Gunnarsson (1897-1972), Professed Priest of the Company of Mary, Montfort Missionaries; Apostolic Vicar of Iceland (Reykjavík, Iceland)
  • Johannes Erik Müller (Johann Evangelista) (1877-1965), Professed Priest of the Benedictines; Apostolic Vicar of Sweden (Bavaria, Germany – Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Brita Collett Paus (1917-1998), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo (Nærøy – Oslo, Norway)[6]
  • Johan Castricum (1915-1999), Professed Priest of the Franciscan Friars Minor (Haarlem, Netherlands – Oslo, Norway)
  • Georges Celest Stinissen (Wilfrid of the Christ the King) (1927-2013), Professed Priest of the Discalced Carmelites (Antwerp, Belgium – Tågarp, Sweden)
  • Göran Degen (1944-2014), Priest of the Diocese of Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)[7]
  • Gunnel Vallquist (1918-2016), Layperson of the Diocese of Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund
  2. ^ Martyrs of the Province of the Society of Jesus in Greater Poland and Mazury Bulletin of the Martyrs
  3. ^ Servants of God in the beatification process of the second group of martyrs from World War II Bulletin of the Martyrs
  4. ^ Sigrid Undset: Catholic Viking Catholic Education Resource Center
  5. ^ Fearless Defender of Truth Catholic Culture
  6. ^ History and Values Fransiskushjelpen
  7. ^ Fr. Göran Degen has died Radio Vaticana, 7 May 2014
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