At the time of William of Modena's legation in November 1247, he was a magister and had recently been made a canon of Linköping Cathedral.
He continued the work on the cathedral begun by Bishop Bengt Magnusson [sv] around 1230.
[2] In 1279, the papal collector Bertrand Amalric [fr] visited Sweden demanding the extraordinary six-year crusading tithe as laid down by the Second Council of Lyon.
[3] In the summer of 1282, Henrik set out on his pilgrimage joined by the entire chapter of Linköping Cathedral, by Bishop Brynjolf Algotsson of Skara and by many knights.
[4] In Marseille, Henrik fell ill.[1][5] On 11 April 1283, he made a will in the hospital of the Dominican convent [fr].