Per Juvkam

Per Juvkam
Personal details
Born	21 March 1907 Sør-Aurdal, Norway
Died	22 February 2003 (aged 95) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Christian
Occupation	Priest
Education	Cand.theol.
Alma mater	MF Norwegian School of Theology

Per Juvkam (1907–2003) was a Norwegian Lutheran Bishop. He was born in 1907 in Sør-Aurdal in Oppland county, Norway. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1961 to 1977.^[1]

Juvkam began his career as a priest in Vestre Toten in 1938. He served there until 1950 when he took a new job as the head parish priest for the parish of Vestre Slidre. In 1957, he took a new job as a priest in the Sinsen parish in Oslo. After 3 years on that job, in 1961 he was named the Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin, based in the city of Bergen. He retired in 1971.^[1]

Juvkam did some writing in the 1970s and 1980s during his retirement. Among his publications are a collection of sermons called Høgtidsdagar i Bjørgvin from 1977 and a book about the church in Norway Folkekirken – visjon og virkelighet from 1980. He also worked on the translation of the Bible into Nynorsk.^[1]

Juvkam died in Oslo on 22 February 2003 at the age of 95.

References

1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Per Juvkam". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 January 2014.