Henric Schartau

Portrait of Henric Schartau in Stora Råby Church outside Lund. Henric Schartau (27 September 1757 – 3 February 1825) was a Swedish Lutheran pietistic priest. His theology, including his characteristic teachings on the "order of grace", influenced a revivalist movement known as Schartauanism.

Biography Schartau was born in Malmö in 1757. His father was a member of Riksdag (Parliament); his mother died from black fever when he was thirteen. Schartau's father then pushed for him to be allowed to graduate at the age of 14 so he could attend university. His father later died after difficult political and financial circumstances. Schartau's paternal grandfather was the vicar of Sörby, Jöns Schartau (1684–1754), who took his surname from Skartofta, the village where he was born. His maternal grandfather was (1701–1767), mayor of Malmö. He remembered his maternal grandfather as being a positive religious influence on him, later writing: "In my associations with him I soon experienced the sweetness of being in the house of my heavenly Father. This experience helped to bring me back, after I had for some time during my youth drifted away." In the United States they were influential in western Maine.

Henric Schartau's grave in Lund. He gathered audiences from all walks of life, although professors were initially largely absent from his services and hearings. In time, however, several of them came to be counted among his disciples, including , , , Carl Johan Schlyter, and .

His influence extended to preachers such as Gerhard Gerhardsson, Peter Fjellstedt, and those in the free church movement such as Lars Vilhelm Henschen. Some well-known Swedish bishops like Bo Giertz have also been influenced by Schartauan teachings.

Schartau died in 1825 in Lund.

Due to his work in Stora Råby, a relief carved by was erected in Stora Råby Church in 1937. However, he is buried at in Lund. Schartau also has a statue located at Lund Cathedral. The statue, made by sculptor Peter Linde, was a gift to the Cathedral Council received by Christina Odenberg and unveiled on 31 October 2003 by Archbishop K. G. Hammar. However, plans for a statue had existed for most of the 20th century. Selected works