Håkan Spegel (June 14, 1645 – April 17, 1714), also known in the Latin form Haqvin or Haquin Spegel, was a religious writer and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1711 to his death. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... Uppsala Cathedral seen from the other side of the river. ... The Church of Sweden, or Svenska kyrkan, is the national church of Sweden. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ...
He was known as a hymnist and poet, and he wrote a popular epos called God's work and rest about the creation. It is said that he worked for education of the people, and wanted every peasant in Sweden to be able to read. See also hymn - a program to decrypt iTunes music files. ... In its widest sense, creationism (from the Latin creatio) refers to the theological doctrine that all material in the universe was created by a divine agency, such as God, out of nothingness (ex nihilo). ...
HaquinSpegel (Haqvin), born (June 14, 1645 – April 17, 1714) as Håkan Spegel in Ronneby in south-east Sweden, was a religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats.
In 1693 he was transferred to the seat in Diocese of Skara, central Sweden, where he remained until 1711.
On the death of the archbishop, Spegel was elected his successor, although he only held this position for three years.