Olof Persson / Olaus Petri (M / Sweden, 1493-1552), scholar
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Olof Persson / Olaus Petri (1493-1552) was a Swedish scholar, clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. Author, with his brother Lars Persson and fellow reformer Lars Andersson, of the "Gustav Vasa Bible" (1540-41), the first full translation of the Bible into Swedish.