Waldemar Hvoslef

Waldemar Hvoslef (1825 – 1906) was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop. He was born in Christiania and grew up in Holmestrand. Hvoslef served as minister in Kautokeino at the time of the Sami revolt in 1952, when two men, the local sheriff and the tradesman, were killed. He was later pastor for the convicted Mons Somby and Aslak Hætta at their execution in 1854. He was appointed Bishop of Tromsø stift in 1868. In 1881 he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin, and served in this position until his retirement in 1898.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Waldemar Hvoslef" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Waldemar_Hvoslef. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
^ Elstad, Hallgeir. "Waldemar Hvoslef". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Waldemar_Hvoslef/utdypning. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

Preceded by Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop	Bishop of Tromsø stift 1868–1875	Succeeded by Jakob Sverdrup Smitt
Preceded by Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland	Bishop of Bjørgvin 1881–1898	Succeeded by

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Name	Hvoslef, Waldemar
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Date of birth	1825
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Date of death	1906
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