Otto Jensen (11 September 1856 – 26 February 1918) was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1906 to 1907 and bishop of Hamar from 1917 to 1918.
Otto Jensen | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Education and Church Affairs | |
| In office 27 January 1906 – 23 October 1907 | |
| Prime Minister | Christian Michelsen |
| Preceded by | Christopher Knudsen |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Berge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1856 Kongsberg, Buskerud, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 26 February 1918 (aged 61) Hamar, Hedmark, Norway |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Marena Christine Pettersen
(m. 1884) |
| Children | Eivind Berggrav Grete Berggrav |
He was born in Kongsberg as the son of sexton Even Jensen and his wife Inger Margrethe Berggrav. He enrolled as a student in 1874, and graduated in 1879 with the degree cand.theol. In 1880 he was hired as a school teacher in Kristiania. He left the city to become a high school teacher in Stavanger in 1883. From 1889 to 1899 he was a curate in Berg i Smaalenene; he subsequently returned to Stavanger to hold the same position there. In 1898 he had taken the doctorate at the University of Kristiania.[1]
In 1906, Jensen left Stavanger for good as he was hired as a vicar in Skjeberg. However, already on 27 January the same year he was Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs, replacing Christoffer Knudsen in the cabinet Michelsen.[1] This was a coalition government, and Jensen was an independent.[2] Jensen lost his job on 22 October 1907, when the cabinet Michelsen fell. He returned to the vicarship in Skjeberg. In Skjeberg he was a member of the local school board; he had chaired the school board while living in Stavanger. In 1912 he was hired as dean in the Diocese of Kristiania.[1] In 1917 Jensen was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Hamar. He held this position until his death.
Otto Jensen was the father of Eivind Berggrav, who became a bishop too, and through him the grandfather of Dag Berggrav who became a civil servant and sports administrator.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Otto Jensen". Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ "Christian Michelsen's Government". Government.no. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ^ Frisak, Nina; Grydeland, Bjørn T. (7 May 2003). "Dag Berggrav - embetsmannen" (in Norwegian). Government.no. Retrieved 30 January 2009.