Frederik Emanuel Torm (24 August 1870 – 3 November 1953) was a Danish theologian. He was born in Tschifu,

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as a son of ship-owner

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(1836–1907) and Elise H. M. Zoëga (1846–1918). His father was a shipmaster in East Aia until the early 1870s. In July 1904 in Copenhagen he married teacher Elisif Thaulow (1877–1958). After finishing his secondary education in 1888 he took the

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degree in 1894, and conducted further studies in Europe until 1897. In 1901 he took the lic.theol. degree and became professor at the

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in 1903. He published on the New Testament and subscribed to conservative theology. He was the rector of the University of Copenhagen from 1924 to 1925. Torm opposed the contents of the 1920 publication ''Jødefaren'', known as the Danish edition of ''

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''. Torm's writings on the subject spread to Norway as well. In the 1930s he continued as an active writer against Antisemitism, publishing ''Jødefolket og Verdenshistorien'' in late 1939, as well as ''Kirkekampen i Tyskland 1933–39'' about the relations between church and state in

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. Torm also edited the journal ''Teologisk Tidsskrift'' from 1899 to 1937. He was decorated as a Knight of the

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in 1920, eventually being upgraded to Commander, First Class in 1940, and also received

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in 1925.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Torm, Frederik 1870 births 1953 deaths Danish expatriates in China University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Danish theologians Rectors of the University of Copenhagen