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DR. NORDBERG . 725
appointed royal court-chaplain in the King’s body-guard. Dr. Nord
berg remained with Charles XII until the battle of Pultawa, when
he was made prisoner by the Russians. He remained in captivity
with sixty -nine other chaplains until 1715, when he was exchanged.
In the beginning of 1716 , he joined Charles XII at Stralsund, where
he became confessor to the King, and superintendent of the chaplains
of the army. He followed the King to Lund and Norway, until he
in 1717 was appointed rector of the Clara parish in Stockholm . He
took an important part in the Diets of 1719, 1723, and 1731. In
1732 he was made doctor of theology. In 1731 he was instructed
to write a life of Charles XII, which he wrote partly from his own
observations, and partly from information communicated to him by
others. The manuscript was read by Queen Ulrica Eleonora herself,
who struck out and added some parts with her own hand. A
committee was afterwards appointed to examine the work, which was
finally published in 1740 in two large folio volumes. The Swedish
"Biografiskt Lexicon ” says, " Dr. Nordberg, who in the familiar circle
of friends and in good company did not lack wit, and who as a
speaker was effective and powerful, as an historian did not rise above
the level of a mere chronicler.” He died in 1744. He is repeatedly
mentioned in the “Spiritual Diary,” see nos . 4543, 4544, 4811, and 4812.
In no. 4543 it is said that his ruling passion in life was money, and
that he was not over-scrupulous as to the means of obtaining it,
although to all outward appearance he was honest. In no. 4811,
it is declared that he did not believe either in the Father, the Son,
or the Holy Spirit, although he preached in accordance with the
Trinitarian faith ; that he treated the Sacred Scripture with contempt
and contumely, and that this was the reason why “in the latter years
of his life he was unwilling to preach .”
END OF VOL. I.
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