Niels Laache Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Right Reverend
Niels Jacob Jensen Laache
Bishop
Church:Church of Norway
Diocese:Nidaros
Birth Date:6 November 1831
Birth Place:Ullensaker, Norway
Death Place:Trondheim, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Religion:Christian
Parents:Jens Knudsen Laake
Dorthe Jacobsdatter Hallingstad
Spouse:Oline Andrine Nielsen (1859–1892)
Occupation:Priest
Alma Mater:Det teologiske fakultet

Niels Jacob Jensen Laache (6 November 1831 – 5 February 1892) was a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop.

Laache was born in 1831 in Ullensaker, Norway. He received his theology degree in 1858 and became a priest in 1863. For the next 20 years, he served as pastor, revivalist preacher and local politician in Steinkjer, Eidanger, and Arendal. In 1883, he was appointed as the bishop of Trondhjems stift, a post which he held until his death in 1892. He was also the editor of the Christian magazine For Fattig og Riig. He was decorated Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1885.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Niels Laache – utdypning (NBL-artikkel). Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 1 August 2011.