Background
Sebelius, Sven Johan was born on April 4, 1874 in Tvaaker, Sweden. Son of Sebelius and Trina (Simonsdotter) Anderson.
Sebelius, Sven Johan was born on April 4, 1874 in Tvaaker, Sweden. Son of Sebelius and Trina (Simonsdotter) Anderson.
Brought to the United States, 1879, naturalized, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Augustana College, 1901. Bachelor of Divinity, Augustana Theological Seminary, 1904.
Student of University Chicago, 1908, Columbia, 1922, Leipzig, Germany, 1923, Lund University, Sweden, 1924.
Doctor of Divinity, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1926.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, 1904. Pastor Blue Island and Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1904-1908. Professor of Christianity, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1909-1920.
Professor of homiletics and Christian education Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, 1920-1945, acting dean, 1935-1936, dean, 1936-1945.
Vice president Augustana College and Theological Seminary, since 1938. Delaware to 1st Lutheran World Conference, Eisenach, Germany, 1923.
Member Board of Elementary Christian Edition and Literature, Augustana Synod, since 1924. Member Lutheran Mission on Faith and Life, since 1937.
Author: Outlines of Church History for Luther Leagues, 1914.
Studies in I and II Corinthians, 1926. Editor: A Faith for These Times (a collection of 24 sermons by contemporary Lutheran preachers in America), 1942. Contributor to church periodicals.
Associate editor Augustana Quarterly, 1924-1932.
Home: 1647 37th Saint, Rock Island, Illinois Deceased.*.
Member Board of Elementary Christian Edition and Literature, Augustana Synod, since 1924. Member Lutheran Mission on Faith and Life, since 1937.
Married Emily Anderson, September 25, 1906.