Peter Kierkegaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish Lutheran pastor
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Place of Birth: Aalborg, North Denmark Region, Denmark
About Peter Kierkegaard
- Peter Christian Kierkegaard (6 July 1805 – 24 February 1888), was a Danish theologian, politician and Lutheran bishop of Aalborg from 1857 until 1875, and brother of Søren Kierkegaard.
- As a theologian of the official church, he had on several occasions criticized his brother's works, notably at the Roskilde Ecclesiastical Conventions in 1849 and 1855.
- However, he delivered the eulogy for his brother at the Church of Our Lady. Peter Kierkegaard married Elise Marie Boisen in 1836, who died childless in the following year.
- He later married Sophie Henriette ("Jette") Glahn in 1841.
- They had one child, Pascal Poul Egede Kierkegaard. From 4 September 1867, to 6 March 1868, he was Kultus Minister in the Cabinet of Frijs.
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