|noemenswaardige werke = ''[[Heaven and Hell (Swedenborg)|Heaven and Hell]]''}}
|noemenswaardige idees = Drie-enigheid in een persoon, teologie, Die Laaste Oordeel
}}
'''Emanuel Swedenborg''' ([[Sweeds]]e uitspraak: ˈ|s{{IPA|[[w:sv:Emanuel Swedenborg|iː|d|ən|ˌ|b|ɔr|gˈswiːdənˌbɔrg]]}};<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/swedenborg "Swedenborg"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{Audio|sv-Emanuel_Swedenborg.ogg|Swedish pronunciation}}; gebore as '''Emanuel Swedberg'''; 29 Januarie 1688<ref>Ou-styl Datum (O.S.D.)</ref> 8 Februarie 1688 – 29 Maart 1772)<ref name="enc1911" /> was 'n [[Sweeds]]e Lutherse [[teoloog]], [[Wetenskaplike]], [[Filosoof]] en mistici.<ref>{{Cite book |url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/576681/Emanuel-Swedenborg |title = Swedenborg, Emanuel |accessdate = 9 September 2011 |work = Encyclopædia Britannica}} and the ''Encyclopedia of Religion'' (1987), which starts its article with the description that he was a "Swedish scientist and mystic". Others have not used the term such as [http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-3424503013/swedenborg-emanuel.html Williams-Hogan, Jane (2005) in ''Encyclopedia of Religion''] Retrieved 15 July 2013.</ref> Hy is die beste bekend vir sy boek op die [[hiernamaals]] , ''[[Hemel en Hel (Swedenborg)|Hemel en Hel]]'' (1758).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.swedenborgdigitallibrary.org/contets/HH.html |title = Swedenborg, E. ''Heaven and its Wonders and Hell. From Things Heard and Seen'' (Swedenborg Foundation, 1946) |publisher=Swedenborgdigitallibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2012-08-16}}</ref><ref>Bergquist, Preface (bl. 15–16)</ref>
Swedenborg het 'n besonders produktiewe loopbaan gehad as uitvinder en wetenskaplike. In 1741 het hy op die ouderdom van 53 'n spirituele fase ondergaan waarin hy drome en visioene begin kry het, beginnende op [[Paas]]naweek van 6 April 1744.
