Ragnar Skouge Leivestad (27 June 1916 – 14 January 2002) was a Norwegian theologian. He was born in

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to judge Ludvig Bernhard Leivestad and Valborg Dorothea Skauge, and was a brother of Supreme Court Justice

Trygve Leivestad Trygve Leivestad (29 January 1907 – 14 December 1994) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Tromsø as a son of lawyer Ludvig Bernhard Leivestad (1878–1955) and Valborg Dorothea, née Skouge (1880–1957). His brother was theologian Ragnar ...

. He took the dr.theol. degree in 1954, and was a professor at the

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from 1966 to 1983. His specialty was the study of the

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. English releases include ''Christ the Conqueror, Ideas of Conflict and Victory in the New Testament'' (1954) and ''Christ in His Own Respect'' (1987, Norwegian version 1982). He was married and had three children, Kristin, Bjørn, and Valborg.

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1916 births 2002 deaths Norwegian theologians Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Protestant theologians 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-reli-bio-stub