Rosemarie Köhn

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Rosemarie Köhn (b. October 20, 1939 in Rathenow, Germany) was a bishop in the Diocese of Hamar of the Church of Norway who retired from her post as of November 1, 2006. Bishop Köhn was born to a German father and Norwegian mother and immigrated to Norway in the late 1940s.

Köhn is a graduate from the University of Oslo (cand. theol.-degree). Köhn worked as an assistant professor in Biblical Theology at the University of Oslo between 1976-1988, and prinicipal of the Pracitcal-Theological Seminary from 1989-1993.

She has been bishop of Hamar since 1993. She was the first female bishop to be appointed in the Church of Norway. She stepped down from Office 1 November 2006.