Niels Laache

The Right Reverend
Niels Jacob Jensen Laache
Born 6 November 1831
Ullensaker, Norway
Died 5 February 1892 (aged 60)
Trondheim, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Alma mater Det teologiske fakultet
Occupation Priest
Religion Christian
Denomination Church of Norway
Spouse(s) Oline Andrine Nielsen (1859–1892)
Parent(s) Jens Knudsen Laake
Dorthe Jacobsdatter Hallingstad
Awards Order of St. Olav (1885)

Niels Jacob Jensen Laache (1831–92) was a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop.

Laache was born in 1831 in Ullensaker, Norway. He received his theology degree in 1858 and became a priest in 1863. For the next 20 years, he served as pastor, revivalist preacher and local politician in Steinkjer, Eidanger, and Arendal. In 1883, he was appointed as the bishop of Trondhjems stift, a post which he held until his death in 1892. He was also the editor of the Christian magazine For Fattig og Riig. He was decorated Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1885.[1]

Selected works

References

  1. Store norske leksikon. "Niels Laache – utdypning (NBL-artikkel)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2011.
Preceded by
Andreas Grimelund
Bishop of Nidaros
1883–1892
Succeeded by
Johannes Skaar