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Church
  
Church of Norway

Occupation
  
Priest

Alma mater
  
University of Oslo

In office
  
1856–60

Education
  
Cand.theol. (1930)

Appointed
  
1856

Nationality
  
Norwegian

Name
  
Knud Gislesen

Diocese
  
Diocese of Halogaland

Denomination
  
Christian


Knud Gislesen

Born
  
29 December 1801Hjartdal, Norway (
1801-12-29
)

Died
  
May 20, 1860, Tromso, Norway

Knud Gislesen (1801—1860) was a Norwegian teacher, theologian, and priest. He was also the bishop of Tromsø from 1856 until his death in 1860. He was married to Henriette Gislesen, a famous Norwegian writer.

Gislesen was born on 29 December 1801 in Løxlie in Hjartdal, Telemark county, Norway. He moved to Oslo in 1825 to pursue his education at the University of Oslo. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1830. His first job was as a teacher at the school in Skien in 1831. He took a different job as a chaplain at the church in Asker in 1833. In 1834, he was named the head of the Asker Seminary. In 1855 he became a vicar in Gjerpen, and then in May 1856 he was named as Bishop of the Diocese of Tromsø. He remained there until his death in 1860.

During his time at the Asker seminary, he wrote a Bible history book in 1853. A revised and expanded version was published in 1858. He received the Order of Vasa in 1843 and the Order of St. Olav in 1858.

References

Knud Gislesen Wikipedia


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