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Title: Archbishop of Sweden to Visit ELCA ELCA NEWS SERVICE - NEWSBRIEF April 24, 1996 ARCHBISHOP OF SWEDEN TO VISIT Archbishop Gunnar Weman of The Church of Sweden will pay a formal visit to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America May 10-20, which will include time with ELCA Bishop H. George Anderson. The archbishop#s trip will recognize the 150th anniversary of Swedish migration to North America. Weman will be accompanied by his wife, Barbro; Klas Hansson, director for the archbishop#s office; and the Rev. Johan Dalman, secretary for theology. He will tour churchwide offices in Chicago and speak with the staff. Weman will travel to sites of 19th century Swedish settlements such as Andover and Bishop Hill, Ill., and New Sweden, Iowa. He will visit Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., which was founded in 1860 as America#s first Scandinavian college, and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The archbishop will travel to Minnesota to visit Swedish heritage congregations there and to tour the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. Weman will also meet with members of several Swedish-American organizations during his U.S. visit. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Dir., ELCA News Service, (312) 380-2958; Frank Imhoff, Assoc. Dir., (312) 380-2955; Lia Christiansen, Asst. Dir., (312) 380-2956