Peder Hersleb (25 March 1689 – 4 April 1757) was a Norwegian-Danish clergyman and Bishop.

Biography

Hersleb was born in Steinkjer in

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, Norway, the son of Christopher Hersleb and Sophie Borch. He became a student at Trondheim in 1703 and received a bachelor degree in 1704, taking his theological examination in 1707. In 1713, he was awarded a master's degree from the University of Copenhagen. In 1714 he was appointed a military chaplain. In 1718 he was called to minister at Gunslev on the island of

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, but the same year he was appointed priest at Frederiksborg Castle and vicar in Hillerod and Roskilde. In 1725, he moved to Copenhagen as priest in the Danish royal court. In 1727, he was a member of the Mission College and co-director of Waisenhuset Orphanage School which he inaugurated in spring 1728. He served as Bishop of the

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from 1731 to 1737. He published several collections of sermons. In 1737, he was elected Bishop of Diocese of Sjælland. His daughter, Frederikke Louise Hersleb (1720-1780), married Ludvig Harboe, who worked with him in the diocese. Hersleb died in 1757 and was buried in the cemetery of the Church of Holmen. Ludvig Harboe was appointed to replace him as Bishop.

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1689 births 1757 deaths 18th-century Danish clergy University of Copenhagen alumni People from Steinkjer Norwegian emigrants to Denmark Danish Lutheran clergy Danish Lutheran bishops 18th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian Lutheran bishops Bishops of Oslo Sermon writers {{Norway-reli-bio-stub