Jan Arvid Hellström

Bishop, professor, novelist, lyric poet, hymnologist, publisher and active member of the Swedish Order of Freemasons. Jan Arvid Hellström, born on August 30, 1941 in Göteborgs domkyrkoförsamling, Sweden and died on December 29, 1994 in Växjö, Sweden, had his growth on the Island Öckerö outside Gothenburg. He studied theology in Lund and had his ordination as priest in 1964. During his ministry as priest at the diocese of Gothenburg, he also continued his research studies in Lund. In 1971, he became Doctor of Theology and Associate Professor of Practical Charismatic Theology at Lund University. He was appointed Professor of Practical Charismatic Theology at Uppsala University in 1984. His three last years in life, 1991 to 1994, he held the office as Bishop of Växjö diocese. Jan Arvid Hellström lost his life in a car collision early on December 29, 1994. Jan Arvid Hellström was between 1965 and to his death in 1994 married to Lena Hellström in this database.