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Otto Jensen

1856 – 1918

Norwegian bishop

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Lived 1856 – 1918 (aged 61). Otto Jensen was a Norwegian politician and lutheran pastor.

Otto Jensen (11 September 1856 – 26 February 1918) was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1906 to 1907 and bishop of Hamar from 1917 to 1918.

He was born in Kongsberg as the son of sexton Even Jensen and his wife Inger Margrethe Berggrav. He enrolled as a student in 1874, and graduated in 1879 with the degree cand.theol. In 1880 he was hired as a school teacher in Kristiania. He left the city to become a high school teacher in Stavanger in 1883. From 1889 to 1899 he was a curate in Berg i Smaalenene; he subsequently returned to Stavanger to hold the same position there. In 1898 he had taken the doctorate at the University of Kristiania.

In 1906, Jensen left Stavanger for good as he was hired as a vicar in Skjeberg. However, already on 27 January the same year he was Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs, replacing Christoffer Knudsen in the cabinet Michelsen. Jensen lost his job on 22 October 1907, when the cabinet Michelsen fell. He returned to the vicarship in Skjeberg. In Skjeberg he was a member of the local school board; he had chaired the school board while living in Stavanger. In 1912 he was hired as dean in the Diocese of Kristiania.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Positions held
Lutheran bishop of Hamar, Minister of Education and Church Affairs
Awards
Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎

Family & relationships

Child
Eivind Berggrav

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Otto Jensen's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Otto Jensen?

Norwegian bishop (1856-1918)

When was Otto Jensen born?

Otto Jensen was born on 11 September 1856 in Kongsberg.

When did Otto Jensen die?

Otto Jensen died on 26 February 1918 in Hamar Municipality.

What was Otto Jensen's occupation?

Otto Jensen was a politician and lutheran pastor.

What nationality was Otto Jensen?

Otto Jensen was Norwegian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Otto Jensen

· Wikidata: Q1790851

· DBpedia: Otto Jensen (bishop)

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