Jakob Haartman

Jakob Haartman (8 March 1717 – 6 March 1788) was the bishop of Turku in Finland from 1776 until his death in 1788.

The Right Reverend Jakob Haartman
Bishop of Turku
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Turku
Appointed	13 August 1776
In office	1776–1788
Predecessor	Carl Fredrik Mennander
Successor	Jakob Gadolin
Orders
Ordination	1758
Consecration	1776 by Carl Fredrik Mennander
Personal details
Born	(1717-03-08)8 March 1717 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	6 March 1788(1788-03-06) (aged 70) Turku, Finland
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Johan Jakobsson Haartman & Maria Kristoffersdotter Sundenius
Spouse	Eleonora Elisabet De la Myle

Biography

Haartman was born on 8 March 1717 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Finnish parents Johan Jakobsson Haartman, a priest, and Maria Kristoffersdotter Sundenius. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Turku in 1730 and from Uppsala University in 1733. He earned his master's degree from the Royal Academy of Turku in 1741. In 1742 he became an associate professor of Philosophy and a deputy librarian in 1750, a deputy secretary in 1755 and a professor of Philosophy and History in 1756. He was ordained a priest in 1758.

He was elected Bishop of Turku and Deputy Chancellor of the Royal Academy of Turku on 13 August 1776. He was chosen by Gustav III of Sweden to be the Godfather of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf at his baptism on 10 November 1778. Haartman was married to Eleonora Elisabet de la Myle (1726-1810). He died in Turku on 6 March 1788.^[1]

See also

• List of bishops of Turku