Niels Simonsen Glostrup (died 6 January 1639 in Christiania,
Norway
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) was a
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priest who became the seventh
Lutheran
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Bishop of Oslo
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History
Oslo was established as a diocese in 1068. It w ...
(after 1624: Christiania).
Niels Glostrup was born in a small town named
Glostrup
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During the 20th century Glostrup developed from ...
near Copenhagen, where his father, Simon Jensen, was a priest. At the
University of Copenhagen
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, he appears in 1604 as a student and in 1608 as a responder in a disputation, which was held by Professor Hans Jensen Alanus at the University. Then he went aboard. In 1609 he was in Wittenberg. In 1612 he took his Master's Degree in
Copenhagen
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and, in the same year, became a parish pastor in
Køge
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, Denmark. The next year, he was engaged to marry
Karen Andersdatter but she left him for King
Christian IV of Denmark
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. Niels married her sister Anna instead. In 1616 he was transferred to
Helsingør
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to be its parish pastor. But he stayed for only a short time.
On 6 June 1617 he was appointed as the Bishop of
Oslo
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. Here he performed his duties well, was eager for education of the youth and for moral order, and made himself so popular in his diocese, that, unlike his predecessor "The Evil Bishop"
Niels Claussøn Senning Niels Claussøn Senning (c. 1580 – 1617) was a Danish/Norwegian Lutheran Bishop.
Senning was born in Helsingør, Denmark. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, traveled as an eighteen year old abroad and received an enrollment at the Un ...
, he was called “''den gode Bisp''
he Good Bishop. In 1636 he consecrated a ''
gymnasium''
igh schoolin Christiania, and sought to obtain talented teachers for it.
He was the brother-in-law of Oluf Boesen. When Glostrup became ill in 1638, Boesen assisted him in the execution of the official duties and, in the following year, succeeded him as the eighth Bishop when Glostrup died.
References
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ian
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H
rlofsen Finne-Grønn, “Glostrup, Nils Simonssøn”, in: ''Norsk biografisk leksikon, bind IV''
orwegian Biographical Dictionary, Volume IV': Fabricius - Grodtschilling''. Kristiania, H.
Aschehoug
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''forlag''
ublishing 1929, p. 8
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ederik Rørdam, “Glostrup, Niels Simonsen”. In: ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, Tillige Omfattende, Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814, VI. Bind, Aaberg-Beaumelle''
anish Biographical Dictionary, Comprehensive Addition, Norway for the Period 1537-1814, 6th Volume, Gerson – H. Hansen Copenhagen, ''
Gyldendal
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Founded in 1770 by Søren Gyldendal, it is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, offering a wide selection of bo ...
ske boghandels''
yldendal Publications 1887
p. 109at the
Runeberg Project
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External links
* (no
Niels Simonsen Glostrup Portrait at the Digital Museum of the ''Norsk Folkemuseum'' (
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
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)
* (no)
Nils Simonssøn Glostrup, at the online version of the ''
Norsk biografisk leksikon
is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia.
The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state.
bought the rights to ...
'' (NBL)
orwegian Biographical Dictionary* (no)
Nils Simonssøn Glostrup at the online version of the ''
Store norske leksikon
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The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique vis ...
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reat Norwegian Dictionary*
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