Per Oskar Kjølaas
Per Oskar Kjølaas (born May 25, 1948 in Kirkenes ) was Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Norway in the diocese of North Hålogaland ( Troms and Finnmark ) from 2002 to 2014 .
Life
After finishing school, Kjølaas studied Sami languages at the University of Oslo and theology at the Theological College ( Menighetsfakultetet ). He finished his studies in 1974. Afterwards Kjølaas worked as a pastor in Northern Norway, including Sortland , Kautokeino and Karasjok .
Kjølaas has authored several theological books. He also translated Luther's Small Catechism into North Sami . With Nils Jernsletten and Britt Rajala he translated the New Testament into North Sami (1998). In 2002 he became head of a project group that aims to have a Sami re-translation of the Bible by 2019. The Bible Societies in Norway, Sweden and Finland are involved.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kjølaas, Per Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirkenes , Norway |