Hallvard Gunnarssøn (c.1550 – 1608) was a Norwegian educator and author. Gunnarsson was born at

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

. He was a pupil at the Oslo Cathedral School and later was a student at the

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. He was enrolled in 1566 and took his magister degree in 1572. Later he also studied in

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...

. He lectured at the Oslo Cathedral School from 1577 until his death in 1608. Among his theological works is ''Isagoge'', a shortened version of the

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written in

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hexameter style. Other works are ' and '. He published several historical works written in Latin verses. His translation of a quiz book by the German priest Michael Saxe, first published in 1602, became very popular and was reissued several times. The book became known as ', as even priests had a hard time to give correct answers to the intricate biblical questions.

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