Born: October 14, 1783, Heda, Östergötland, Sweden.
Died: December 26, 1849, in the rectory at Assjö, Sweden.
Buried: Askeryds Church, Sweden.
Son of a soldier, Hedborn attended Uppsala University and was ordained in 1809 at Linköping.
He first served as an assistant pastor in Normlösa and Hult. In 1820, was appointed pastor of churches in Askryd and Bredstad, Linköping diocese.