Carl Fredrik Wisløff
Norwegian theologian (1908–2004)
Carl Fredrik Wisløff (31 December 1908 – 25 June 2004) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and preacher, who spent much of his professional career at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He is considered among the most important lay preachers in 20th-century Norway.
Early life and career
He was born in Drammen, but grew up in Sarpsborg. He was the nephew of Johan Martin Wisløff and a first cousin of later bishop Hans Edvard Wisløff.
Carl Fredrik Wisløff graduated with the cand.theol. degree in 1931, and was hired as a priest at Vaterland the next year. He was also hired as the first secretary of the Norges kristelige student- og gymnasiastlag, and also founded the organization's magazine, Credo. In 1940, he was appointed as a vicar at Birkenes Church.
Later life and career
Jeg vet på hvem jeg tror
In 1946, Wisløff published Jeg vet på hvem jeg tror ('I Know in Whom I Believe'). In 2008, the liberal newspaper Dagbladet recognized the book as among the twenty-five most influential prose books in post-1945 Norway.
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