Tuve Skånberg

Tuve Skånberg (born 1956) is a Swedish Christian Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1991–2006. Skånberg is Doctor of Theology of Lund University (2003) and a minister of the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (1980).

Skånberg has a conservative Christian Democratic political profile. Among his more than 500 bills to the Swedish Riksdag, some have been considered controversial, as Riksdag bills against gay marriage [ [http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=426&typ=mot&rm=2003/04&bet=L304 Motion till riksdagen 2003/04:L304] ] and homosexual adoption [ [http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=426&typ=mot&rm=1999/2000&bet=L420 Motion till riksdagen 1999/2000:L420] ] , for the banning of blasphemy [ [http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=426&typ=mot&rm=1999/2000&bet=K286 Motion till riksdagen 1999/2000:K286] ] and for "nondiscrimination" of creationism in Swedish schools and in admission to graduate school [ [http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=426&typ=mot&rm=1991/92&bet=Ub287 Motion till riksdagen 1991/92:Ub287] ] .

Skånberg has been Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University (2001), Visiting Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge (2001), Distinguished Professor in History at Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, USA (2006), Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, USA, (2006), Adjunct Associate Professor of Church History at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA (2006/2007), Guest Professor in Patristic at St. Petersburg Evangelical Academy, Russia (2007), Director of the Clapham Institute (2008).

Publications

*"Sövestads by och dess gamla fogdesläkt" (1991)
*"Till enn nådigh Lösen", Måns Bonde till Traneberg och konflikten med Gustav Vasa" (2001)
*"Glömda gudstecken. Från fornkyrklig dopliturgi till allmogens bomärken" (2003) [http://www.lub.lu.se/luft/diss/the_64/the_64_transit.html]
*"I maktens korridorer. Handbok för nyblivna riksdagsledamöter" (2006), coauthor Johnny Gylling) [http://seahawks.se/imaktens/]

Sources

* [http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0161597857912 The website of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen]
* [http://www3.kristdemokraterna.se/person/person.asp?person_id=20992 Skånberg's website at the website of the Swedish Christian Democrats]

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