Rosemarie Köhn

Rosemarie Köhn (born October 20, 1939 in Rathenow, Brandenburg) 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 1946.^[1]

Köhn graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.theol. degree. Köhn worked as an assistant professor in Biblical Theology at the University of Oslo from 1976 to 1989, and principal of the Practical-Theological Seminary from 1989 to 1993.^[2]

She was bishop of Hamar from 1993 to 2006 as the first female bishop to be appointed in the Church of Norway. She stepped down from office on 1 November 2006 and was succeeded by Solveig Fiske.

In 2004, she was appointed a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav by King Harald V.

References

^ Bratberg, Terje. "Rosemarie Köhn". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_Adolph_Diriks/utdypning. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Rosemarie Köhn" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Rosemarie_Köhn. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

Preceded by Georg Hille	Bishop of Hamar 1993–2006	Succeeded by Solveig Fiske

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