Sigurd Lunde (27 April 1916–21 January 2006) was a

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theologian, teacher, author, broadcaster, and

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of the

Diocese of Stavanger The Diocese of Stavanger ( no, Stavanger bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers all of Rogaland county in western Norway. The cathedral city is Stavanger, where the Stavanger Cathedral is located. The bishop is Anne Li ...

. Lunde also wrote music and lyrics to hymns and psalms. He was the father of news anchor

Einar Lunde Einar Lunde (born 13 March 1943) is a Norway, Norwegian news anchor. He began in 1968 as a summer temp at NRK ''Dagsrevyen'', and from 1970 to 2010 he was a regular news anchor. For several years, he worked a part-time job arranging travels to Af ...

Biography

Sigurd Lunde was born on 27 April 1916. After going to school and being

ordain Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...

ed as a

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in the

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, he also studied

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

in the

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. In 1942, he was hired by the

Norwegian Missionary Society The Norwegian Missionary Society or the Norwegian Mission Society ( no, Det Norske Misjonsselskap, NMS) is the first and oldest missionary organization in Norway. It was started by a group of approximately 180 Stavanger residents in August 1842, ...

. He edited ''Norsk misjonstidende'' journal starting in 1946. From 1952 until 1966, Lunde worked for the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

(NRK) as part of their religious broadcasts. He started the radio program (Hymns and songs that we love). During his time with the NRK, he was also a teacher in the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

's practical-theological seminary from 1957 to 1967. In 1966 he left the radio business and he was appointed as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

Ullern Church Ullern Church ( no, Ullern kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Odal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ullern, Innlandet, Ullern. It is the church for the Ullern parish which is part of ...

. He was promoted to

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in the same parish in 1971. He was the bishop of the

from 1977 to his retirement in 1986. He died on 21 January 2006 after a long illness.

Publications

Hymns

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Books

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References

1916 births 2006 deaths Bishops of Stavanger 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran bishops Academic staff of the University of Oslo NRK people {{Authority control