Trygve Wyller (born 4 June 1950) is a Norwegian theologian. He was born in

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. He took the

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degree in 1975, and the

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degree in 1982. He did not follow a straight academic path, as he worked as a journalist in ''

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'' from 1979 to 1983, and as a priest from 1984 to 1988. Then, he was a

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from 1989, and took the dr.theol. degree at the

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in 1994, on the thesis ''Troens tale og talen om verden''. He was appointed as an

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at the same institution in 1996, and was promoted to professor of theology in 2002. In 2006 he was elected as the

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of the Faculty of Theology, ahead of the other candidate

Halvor Moxnes Halvor Moxnes (born 1944) is a Norwegian theologian. He was born in Stokke on 13 September 1944. He received his Doctor of Theology degree in 1978 with the thesis ''Theology in Conflict: Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans'', and was ...

. In 2009, Wyller entered the race to become

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of the University of Oslo. The rector is elected by students and faculty, and his sole opponent is

Ole Petter Ottersen Ole Petter Ottersen (born 17 March 1955) is a Norwegian physician and neuroscientist. He serves as the Rector of Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and took office in August 2017. Ottersen has been professor of medicine at the University of Oslo sinc ...

. On 2 April 2009, it was clear that Ottersen won the rectorial election.

References

1950 births Living people Norwegian theologians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo People from Stavanger 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy 21st-century Protestant theologians {{Norway-academic-bio-stub