Odd Bondevik
The Right Reverend Odd Bondevik | |
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MF Norwegian School of Theology |
Odd Bondevik (20 June 1941 – 6 September 2014) was a Norwegian theologian who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre in the Church of Norway from 17 November 1991 until retirement in 2008. He also served as Preses of the Bishop's Conference of the Church of Norway from 1998 until 2002.[1]
Career
Bondevik was born in
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In retirement, he put together a new Norwegian translation of the Old Testament. He was noted for proposing that the word "hell" be edited out of the Bible.[2]
He was generally considered to hold conservative theological views.[1]
Personal life
Bondevik's father was the politician and member of parliament Kjell Bondevik and he is a cousin of Kjell Magne Bondevik, the former Prime Minister of Norway. He got married in 2012 to Wenche Yamamoto.[3]
He died on 6 September 2014.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Odd Bondevik Store Norske Leksikon, retrieved 6 April 2013
- ^ Matthew Campbell (6 April 2008). "Bishop Odd in boycott on hell". The Sunday Times.
- ^ Brita Skogly Kraglund: Biskop Bondevik (71) har giftet seg Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Vårt Land, 22 September 2012
- ^ "Odd Bondevik (73) er død" [Odd Bondevik (73) is dead]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.