Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931) was born on January 15, 1866.

January 15, 1866

Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931) was born on January 15, 1866.

Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman. He was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala between 1914 and 1931, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church and in the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on July 12.