Knud Gislesen ( 29 December 1801—20 May 1860) was a Norwegian teacher, clergyman and author. He served as Bishop of the Tromsø from 1856 until his death in 1860.

Biography

Gislesen was born at Løxlie in the parish of Hjartdal in Telemark, Norway. He moved to Oslo in 1825 to pursue his education at the University of Oslo. He received his

cand.theol. Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...

degree in 1830. His first job was as a teacher at the school in Skien in 1831. He took a position as chaplain at Asker Church (''Ask Kirke'') in 1833. In 1834, he was named the head of the Asker Seminary. In 1855 he became a vicar in Gjerpen, and then in May 1856 he was named as Bishop of the

Diocese of Tromsø In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

. He remained there until his death in 1860. During his time at the Asker seminary, he wrote a Biblical history book in 1853. A revised and expanded version was published in 1858. In March 1854, he married

Henriette Gislesen Henriette Jakobine Martine Gislesen, née Vibe (9 April 1809 – 20 May 1859) was a Norwegian writer. Biography Gislesen was born in Bergen, Norway. She was the sixth of eight children born to Niels Andreas Vibe (1759–1814) and Margery Kierulff ...

(1809–1859) who was a noted author. He received the Order of Vasa in 1843 and the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1858.

References

1801 births 1860 deaths People from Telemark University of Oslo alumni 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy 19th-century Lutheran bishops Bishops of Hålogaland Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Recipients of the Order of Vasa {{bishop-stub