Marit Slagsvold (born 20 May 1962) is a Norwegian

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in the Church of Norway, sociologist, author and researcher. She is the wife of

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, the

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Career

Slagsvold earned her

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(equal to a PhD in Anglophone countries) in sociology at the

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in 1991 with a dissertation titled ''Nyetableringer og nettverk''. She was a civil servant in the Ministry of Children and Families from 1991 to 2003, and then became a researcher at

Oslo University College Oslo University College ( no, Høgskolen i Oslo; HiO) was the largest state university college in Norway from 1994 to 2011, with more than 18,000 students and approximately 1800 employees.

where she worked on research on social inclusion. She has published three books on

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, young people's grief particularly after the loss of a close relative, and social relations. Shortly after the

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it was reported that she would be ordained as a

in the

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state church of Norway, the Church of Norway, by the Bishop of Oslo Kari Veiteberg, on 19 September 2021. She completed studies in theology at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society in 2020. Since January 2021 she has worked as a priest in Uranienborg parish.

Personal life

Marit Slagsvold grew up in Oslo and is the daughter of professor of dentistry Olav Kristoffer Slagsvold and Britt (Bitten) Berg-Pettersen. Her maternal grandfather Carl Berg-Pettersen owned the shipyard company Narvik Mekaniske Verksted in Narvik. She married

in Flosta Church in 1988. They have three sons, who attended Oslo Waldorf School. Her paternal family hails from the farm Slagsvold in

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, and she is a second cousin once removed of the leader of the Centre Party,

Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December 1978) is a Norwegian politician who has served as Minister of Finance since 2021. A member of the Centre Party, which he has led since 2014, he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedmark since ...

Books

* ''Jeg blir til i møte med deg: en bok om relasjoner''. Cappelen Damm, 2016.Marit Slagsvold:
Jeg blir til i møte med deg: en bok om relasjoner
', Cappelen Damm, 2016 * ''Ung sorg''. Aschehoug 2008. * ''Venner for harde livet: skråblikk på moderne vennskap.'' Aschehoug 2003.

References

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