Per Oskar Kjølaas

Per Oskar Kjølaas

Per Oskar Alfred Kjølaas (born May 25 1948 in Kirkenes) is the current bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland in the Church of Norway.

Kjølaas studied at the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo, having graduated as cand. theol. 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.


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