Olaus Petri
Clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden
- Lived
- 1493–1552
- Country
- Sweden
Updated September 2026
About Olaus Petri
Olof Petersson, better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri, was a clergyman, writer, judge, and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. His brother, Laurentius Petri, became the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden.
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