Knut Eik-Nes (21 July 1885 – 18 January 1968) was a Norwegian priest and cultural worker. He was born in Sauda as a son of merchant Christian Sigbjørn Næss and Eli Eik. He

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his secondary education in

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in 1910, and studied briefly at

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. He graduated with the

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degree in 1915, and worked in the

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from the same year. From 1920 to 1955 he was

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; from 1935 he doubled as vicar and dean of Nord-Innherred deanery. He was also chairman of the cultural association

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from 1936 to 1947, except for the years 1940 to 1945 when Nazi Germany occupied Norway. During his time as chairman, the association arranged summer meetings attended by 100,000 people in total. While studying, he had been a board member of the university branch of Noregs Mållag; in 1911 and the autumn of 1913. He was also a member of the Norwegian Language Council, representing

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writers. Eik-Nes was married to teacher Nina Eik-Nes, née Nina Lange Dahler (1900–1997), and was the father of hormone researcher

Kristen Eik-Nes Kristen Borgar Dahler Eik-Nes (28 September 1922 – 23 February 1992) was a Norwegian medical scientist, known for his contributions to androgen research. He was born at the village of Sparbu (now Steinkjer) in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was ...

. Through his daughter Eli, born 1921, he was a father-in-law of Magne Oftedal. Eik-Nes was decorated with the

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, and a memorial stone at Mære was raised by Noregs Ungdomslag local associations on 17 May 1970. He died in January 1968.

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1885 births 1968 deaths People from Sauda 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom University of Oslo alumni Noregs Mållag {{Christian-clergy-stub