Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Johannes Rudbeckius or Johannes Rudbeck (1581-1646), bishop at Västerås, Sweden, from 1619 until his death. In 1623 he founded the first gymnasium, a school of secondary education, in Sweden at Västerås. Togeather with his second wife Magnalena Hising, they had the son Olaus Rudbeckius, sr. See also: Church of Sweden This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.