Axel Gottfried Leonard Billing
Bishop, Royal Court Chief Chaplain
✶ 29 April 1841 at Fridhem, Önnestad parish
✟ 14 January 1925 in Lund
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 6 June 1921
motto
Missing
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Painted 1923 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1925 by the same artist.
other awards
Member of the Order of the Polar Star 1884
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1st class) 1887
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1892
King Oscar II’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1897
King Oscar II and Queen Sofia’s Golden Wedding Medal 1907
Biography
Bishop of Västerås 1884-1898
Royal Court Chief Chaplain 1885
Bishop of Lund 1898
Member of the Swedish Academy (chair XV) 1900
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1889-1906 and 1908-1912 (Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag 1909)
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