Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Sr.

Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup (26 October 185323 October 1913) was a Norwegian theologian and a bishop in the Church of Norway.[1]

Right Reverend

Kristian Schjelderup Sr.
Bishop
ChurchChurch of Norway
DioceseDiocese of Kristiansand
Appointed1908
In office1908–1913
PredecessorGunvald Thorkildsen
SuccessorBernt Støylen
Personal details
Born(1853-10-26)26 October 1853
Died23 October 1913(1913-10-23) (aged 59)
Sviland, Norway
BuriedVestre Gravlund, Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChristian
ParentsPeter Vilhelm Schjelderup and Dorothea Marie Lysholm
SpouseHenriette Nicoline Hassel
ChildrenKristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. and Harald Krabbe Schjelderup
OccupationPriest
EducationCand.theol. 1875

Personal life

Schjelderup was born in Ullensaker, Norway on 26 October 1853. He was the son of Peter Vilhelm Schjelderup and Dorothea Marie Lysholm. He had two brothers and one sister.[2] He married Henriette Nicoline Hassel, with whom he had nine children. Their son Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. became a bishop as well, while their youngest son Harald Krabbe Schjelderup became a professor of psychology.[3]

Career

Schjelderup took his examen artium to finish his secondary education in 1870, and graduated with a cand.theol. degree in 1875. He worked as a chaplain in Moss from 1876 until 1880. He then moved to Christianssand to be a curate in the Christianssand Cathedral parish from 1880 until 1890. Following that, he then became vicar of the parish of Dybvaag in 1890. During this time, he also held the role of dean of the Østre Nedenes deanery from 1896 until 1903. After leaving Dybvaag, he served as parish priest for the parish of Oddernes Church, as well as supervising the whole Otredal deanery from 1903 until 1908. He was then appointed to be the bishop of the Diocese of Kristiansand, a position he held until his death on 23 October 1913. He died in the small village of Sviland in Sandnes municipality after falling ill during the consecration of the newly built Sviland Chapel.[4][3] He is buried in the family burial plot in the Vestre Gravlund cemetery in Oslo.

He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1910.[4][5]

References

  1. "Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup (1853–1913)" (in Norwegian). LokalHistorieWiki.no. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. "Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup" (in Norwegian). Erik Berntsens slektssider.
  3. Studenterne fra 1870: biografiske oplysninger samlet i anledning av deres 50 aarsjubilæum (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: Grøndahl. 1920. pp. 65–66.
  4. Article about Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. - hosted by Agder University College.
  5. Leganger, N.F. (1913). Den Kongelige norske St. Olavs orden: kort oversigt over ordenens historie og meddelelser om dens nulevende norske medlemmer, med portrætter (in Norwegian). Kristiania: Abels kunstforlag. p. 118.
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