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Place of Birth: Kirkenes, Northern Norway, Norway
About Per Oskar Kjølaas
- Per Oskar Alfred Kjølaas (born 25 May 1948 in Kirkenes, Norway) was the bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway from 2002 until 2014.Kjølaas studied at the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, having graduated with a cand.theol.
- degree in 1974, but also holds a certificate in Sami Language and Culture from the University of Oslo (1984, Minor in Sami Language and Culture). He worked as a minister in northern Norway (Sortland, Kautokeino, and Karasjok), serving both as a vicar, rector/priest, and provost.
- He has also worked as a secretary to the bishop (Diocesan vicar) and held various positions as an educator and translator of the Bible into Sami languages. Kjølaas was consecrated as a bishop in 2002 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2014.
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