Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer (24 December 1900 – 3 April 1979) was a Norwegian priest and psalmist. He was born in Sauherad in Telemark, a son of politician Ludvig Daae Zwilgmeyer. He published his first psalm collection in 1933, ''Regnbuen''. Later collections are ''Solsangen'', ''Norrøne og nye salmer'' and ''Fager er liten''. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Zwilgmeyer was appointed as a bishop by Vidkun Quisling, following the protest resignation of the regular bishops of the Church of Norway. He joined the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling, registering weak and futile objections to Quisling's policies. It was reported in 1943 that he resigned from the Nasjonal Samling.Bismarck North Dakota, The Leader, page 2, News of Norway column, issued by the Norwegian government's press representative, Thursday, September 16, 1943 He was Mayor of Fana, later acting Bishop in

Bjørgvin Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, and then Bishop in Hamar.

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1900 births 1979 deaths People from Sauherad 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Members of Nasjonal Samling Mayors under the German occupation of Norway {{norway-reli-bio-stub