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2026-04-29
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Ihre, Johan (* 1707.03.03 † 1780.12.01)
Basic Overview Data
Born
1707.03.03, Lund,
Died
1780.12.01, Uppsala,
Confession
Protestant, Lutheran
Institutional Affiliation
University of Uppsala
Keywords
Wolff
Important Family Relations
Maternal grandfather, Matthias Steuchius (1644 - 1730), archbishop of Uppsala, professor of theology
Maternal uncle, Johannes Steuchius (1676 - 1742), archbishop of Uppsala, professor of theology
Maternal uncle, Elof Steuchius (1687 - 1772), professor of mathematics at the University of Uppsala
Wife, Sara Charlotta Brauner (1714 - 1758) (daughter of Johan Brauner, Governor of Uppland County)
Biographical Data
Education
1720.11.20 - 1729, Classical languages, Hebrew, philosophy, theology, natural law, runology, and history, University of Uppsala
1730.07.21 - 1731, University of Jena
Degrees
1729.05.10, Philosophy exam, University of Uppsala [Fabian Törner] (Disputated in 1729.06.09 with the dissertation De vi materiae)
1731.06.15, Magister philosophiae, University of Uppsala (in absentia)
Travels
1730 - 1733, Germany (Jena 1730 - 1731), England (Oxford , London), France (Paris), the Netherlands (Utrecht , Leiden 1731 - 1732)
Teaching
(Not yet researched. Contributions welcome)
Career
1734.09.29 - 1737, Docentus, University of Uppsala, Faculty of Philosophy
1735.09.01 - 1737, Vice university librarian, University of Uppsala, Faculty of Philosophy
1737.05.16 - 1738, Ordinary professor of poetry, University of Uppsala, Faculty of Philosophy
1738.12.06 - 1780, Skytteanus professor of rhetoric and politics, University of Uppsala, Faculty of Philosophy
Titles, Memberships and Other Relevant Roles
1733 - 1737, Secretary, Kungliga Vetenskapssocieteten (Royal Society of Sciences), Uppsala
1733 - 1780, Member, Kungliga Vetenskapssocieteten (Royal Society of Sciences), Uppsala
1755 - 1780, Member, Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitetsakademien (Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities), Stockholm
1756.09.20, Kansliråds (Councillor of the Chancery), Stockholm
1757.04.05, Ennobled, Stockholm
Bibliographical Data
Printed Sources
Dissertations
De principiis et nexu legis naturalis et civilis (1739)
An pax, iniquiore tempore inita, aequiore frangi debeat? (1743)
De politica Machiavelli (1743)
De victima publica (1743)
De tumultu dalekarlorum (1743)
De nexu juris et obligationis (1745)
De principe legibus soluto (1745)
De ratione status (1745)
De poenis innocentum (1747)
De statu hominis naturali (1747)
De fictionibus juris naturae (1748)
De juribus civium residuis (1758)
Manuscript Sources
Ego-Documents and Biographical Materials
Uppsala University Library, Ihre 201 (Autobiographical notes)
Uppsala University Library, Ihre 184 (Travel diary)
References and Acknowledgement
Profile References
Literature
Annerstedt, Claes: Upsala universitets historia, vol. 3:1, Universitetets öden 1719-1792 (Uppsala, 1913).
Brohed, Ingmar: Stat – Religion – Kyrka: Ett problemkomplex i svensk akademisk undervisning under 1700-talet, Skrifter utgivna av institutet för rättshistorisk forskning Serie I, vol. 22 (Stockholm: diss., Lund University, 1973).
Frängsmyr, Tore: Wolffianismens genombrott i Uppsala: Frihetstida universitetsfilosofi till 1700-talets mitt (Uppsala: diss., 1972).
Grape, Anders: Ihreska handskriftssamlingen i Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, 2 vols (Uppsala, 1949).
- vol. 1: Open access
- vol. 2: Open access
Hellerstedt, Andreas: “War, peace and natural law: Uppsala university and the Russo-Swedish war of 1741” in Pax Nordica: Experiences and Lessons of the Nordic Peace, ca 1721–1830, ed. Dorothée Goetze and Joachim Östlund (Berlin: forthcoming).
Hellerstedt, Andreas: “'Min högtärade patron…': Dedikationer, nätverksbyggande och partistrider vid Uppsala universitet 1738-1746" in Någonting på spåret: femton texter om ett närgånget nyss: En vänbok till Jan Samuelson ed. Sven Olofsson (Brunflo: 2024), p. 113–141.
Hellerstedt, Andreas: “'Monstrum Rationis Status': Reason of State as Radical Philosophy at Uppsala University 1743–1747” in Early Modern Disputations and Dissertations in an Interdisciplinary and European Context, ed. Meelis Friedenthal, Hanspeter Marti and Robert Seidel (Leiden: 2020), p. 834–856.
Hellerstedt, Andreas: “Att tala för bönder på latin: Universitetet som opinionsbildare vid 1743 års kris” in Förmoderna offentligheter: Arenor och uttryck för politisk debatt 1550–1830, ed. Leif Runefelt & Oskar Sjöström (Lund: 2014), p. 109–128.
Hellerstedt, Andreas: “En lärare i laster eller en försvarare av folkets frihet? Machiavelli i svenskt 1700-tal” in Dygder och laster: Förmoderna perspektiv på tillvaron ed. Catharina Stenqvist & Marie Lindstedt Cronberg (Lund: 2010), p. 250‒264.
Holm, Gösta: “Johan Ihre” in Svenskt biografiskt lexicon, vol 19 (Stockholm: Norstedts, 1971–1973), URL: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/14084, accessed 2026–02–12.
Sources
Matriculation (Jena): Günter Steiger, Hanz Merz and Otto Köhler (ed.), Die Matrikel der Universität Jena, vol. 3: 1723-1764 (München, 1992), p.146, Digital version