Söderblom, Nathan (1866–1931)

Swedish Protestant theologian. After a university education at Uppsala, he became rector of the Swedish church in Paris, France, in 1894. In 1901 he returned to Uppsala as professor, and was made archbishop in 1914 after two years as professor at Leipzig University. He was a leading advocate of the unity of the Christian churches and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1930 for his efforts to promote international understanding and peace.

Söderblom was born in Helsingland, Sweden. He wrote on historical and theological subjects. His publications include The Nature of Revelation (1903), Origin of Belief (1914), and Humour and Melancholy (1919). In 1931 Söderblom presented the Gifford lectures in Edinburgh, Scotland, which published in 1933 as The Living God.