Per Eckerdal (born March 31, 1951, in Östad in Västergötland), is a Swedish theologian and former bishop of Gothenburg.

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The Right Reverend Per Eckerdal
Bishop Emeritus of Gothenburg
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Gothenburg
Elected	2011
In office	2011–2018
Predecessor	Carl Axel Aurelius
Successor	Susanne Rappmann
Orders
Ordination	1975
Consecration	4 September 2011
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-31) March 31, 1951 (age 73) Östad, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Denomination	Lutheran
Parents	Hugo Eckerdal and Vera Andersson
Spouse	Lena Harrysson (1973-2000) Monica Eckerdal (2000-present)
Children	4
Motto	Mitt ibland er
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Per Eckerdal is the son of Hugo Eckerdal (1907–1987), curator in the Västra Frölunda parish in Gothenburg, and his wife Vera, born Andersson (1912–2007). He is the brother of the emeritus Bishop of Gothenburg, Lars Eckerdal. From his first marriage (1973–2000) with Lena Eckerdal, born Harrysson, he has four children. Since 2000, he has been married to Monica Eckerdal, the national coordinator of the apostate priest and granddaughter of Archbishop Bertil Werkström.

Per Eckerdal was ordained priest in 1975 and was appointed to Kortedala Parish in Gothenburg from 1975–1977, diocesan assistant professor 1977–1982, as well as curate in Älvsåkers Assembly (Tölö parish) in Halland 1982–1990. He was director of Bräcke diakoni between 1990–2008 and as working chairman of the board 2008–2011. In 2011 he was elected bishop of Gothenburg and became the 23rd bishop.^[1]

In the election for the Archbishopric of Uppsala in 2013, Per Eckerdal came in fifth place with three percent of the votes and thus became one of the candidates in the election itself.^[2] In 2018, Eckerdal retired as bishop of Gothenburg and was succeeded by Susanne Rappmann.