Andreas Grimelund (26 January 1812 – 3 January 1896) was a

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bishop. The son of a farmer in Aker, he graduated as

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in 1835. He became residing chaplain in

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in 1844 and

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in 1847. He was a teacher at the theological seminary in Christiania starting in 1851, and was appointed

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in Gerpen in 1856. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Throndhjem (Nidaros) in 1860, and assumed that office on 19 July 1861. He retired in 1883, and died in 1896 in

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. He also served as

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of the

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from 1865 to 1870 and 1872 to 1874. The road ''Biskop Grimelunds vei'' in

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has been named for him.

References

1812 births 1896 deaths Bishops of Nidaros Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{bishop-stub