Per Oskar Kjølaas

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Per Oskar Alfred Kjølaas (born May 25, 1948 in Kirkenes) is the current bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway.

Kjølaas studied at the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, having graduated as cand. theol. in 1974, but also holds a certificate in Sami Language and Culture from the University of Oslo (1984, Minor in Sami Language and Culture).

He worked as a minister in northern Norway (Sortland, Kautokeino and Karasjok), serving both as a vicar, rector/priest and provost. He has also worked as a secretary to the bishop (Diocesan vicar) and held various positions as an educator and translator of the Bible into Sami languages.

Kjølaas was consecrated as a bishop in 2002.

Preceded by Ola Steinholt

Bishop of Nord-Hålogaland 2002 – present

Incumbent

v • d • e Bishops and dioceses of Norway Church of Norway — Agder and Telemark: Olav Skjevesland | Bjørgvin: Ole D. Hagesæther | Borg: Helga H. Byfuglien | Hamar: Solveig Fiske | Møre: Odd Bondevik | Nidaros: Finn Wagle | Nord-Hålogaland: Per Oskar Kjølaas | Oslo: Ole Christian Kvarme | Stavanger: Ernst Baasland | Sør-Hålogaland: Tor Berger Jørgensen | Tunsberg: Laila Riksaasen Dahl Catholic bishops in Norway — Oslo: Bernt Eidsvig | Tromsø: vacant | Trondheim: Georg Müller