Johan (archbishop of Uppsala, died 1187)

Only a few months after the death of the first Archbishop Stefan, Johannes was selected by the Pope to be his successor.

He was ordained by the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon—the primate over the newly established Swedish archbishopric—by November 1185.

In 1187, a ship from the not yet christianed Estonia entered Mälaren, a lake close to Uppsala, on a plundering expedition.

On its way back, barricades had been set up at Almarestäket, the only exit point and the place where Johannes was currently residing, to prevent the ship from escaping.

[citation needed] There followed a battle; Johennes was killed during the pillage of Sigtuna by the pagan raiders (Estonians, Curonians, or Karelians).