Nationality Norwegian Religion Christian Alma mater University of Oslo Denomination Church of Norway | Occupation Priest Name Sigurd Normann Years active 1909—1939 Education University of Oslo | |
Born 22 August 1879 ( 1879-08-22 ) Hamaroy, Norway Died December 4, 1939, Tromso, Norway | ||
Sigurd Johan Normann (1879—1939) was a Norwegian theologian and bishop of the Church of Norway. He was the Bishop for the Diocese of Hålogaland from 1937 until his death in 1939.
Normann was born in 1879 in Hamarøy, Norway. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1909 from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo. He received his Doctor of Theology degree in 1935. He worked as a priest at the Johannes Church in Oslo from 1911 until 1918. From 1918 until 1937, he was the priest for the Grønland Church in Oslo. In 1937, he was named the Bishop of the Diocese of Hålogaland, based in Tromsø, a position he held until his death in December 1939.
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