Gustaf Aulén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustaf Aulén

Swedish bishop

Date of Birth: 15-May-1879

Place of Birth: Ljungby, Kronoberg County, Sweden

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1977

Profession: composer, priest, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén (15 May 1879 – 16 December 1977) was the Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran theologian, and the author of Christus Victor, a work which still exerts considerable influence on contemporary theological thinking on the atonement.