Haslev
Haslev, the largest town in Faxe municipality, lies in the southern part of Zealand, Denmark. About from Copenhagen, it has a population of 12,119 (1 January 2022).
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Lutheran
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bishop
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in the
Church of Denmark
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.
Life
Marianne Christiansen is the daughter of Bishop Henrik Christiansen and Sister of Helle Christiansen, Head of the Church of the Cross in Denmark. Christiansen gained a
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in music in 1989 and in science in 1992, both from
Aarhus University
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. From 1986 to 1991, together with former member of parliament of the Radical Left Henrik Svane, she served as a principal at the Music and Theater College in Toftlund, and from 1993 the parish priest of Skørping-Fræer. In 1996 she became a lecturer at the Pastoral College in Aarhus specialising in Psalm knowledge and worship studies. From 2004 to 2005, Marianne Christiansen was an associate professor of preschool education with a special focus on continuing education. Between 2005 and 2011 she was parish priest of
Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Løgumkloster
Løgumkloster (german: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,480 (1 January 2022)."Christiansen: Det er ufortjent, at man bliver opelsket, som man gør" ''Kristeligt Dagblad'', Copenhagen, 10 April 2013. Retrieved on 05 August 2017.