Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian priest
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Place of Birth: Sauherad, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer
- Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer (24 December 1900 – 3 April 1979) was a Norwegian priest and psalmist.
- He was born in Sauherad in Telemark, a son of politician Ludvig Daae Zwilgmeyer.
- He published his first psalm collection in 1933, Regnbuen.
- Later collections are Solsangen, Norrøne og nye salmer and Fager er liten.
- During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Zwilgmeyer was appointed as a bishop by Vidkun Quisling, following the protest resignation of the regular bishops of the Church of Norway.
- He joined the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling, registering weak and futile objections to Quisling's policies.
- It was reported in 1943 that he resigned from the Nasjonal Samling.
- He was Mayor of Fana, later acting Bishop in Bjørgvin, and then Bishop in Hamar.
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