Magne Valen-Sendstad, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Magne Valen-Sendstad

Norwegian priest

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1913

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1984

Profession: theologian

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Magne Valen-Sendstad

  • Magne Livius Valen-Sendstad (13 October 1913 – 1984) was a Norwegian priest. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Aksel Magnus Sendstad (1872–1922) and Magnhild Erika Valen (1880–1959).
  • He was a nephew of Olav Sendstad and brother of Olav Valen-Sendstad and museum director Fartein Valen-Sendstad.
  • In 1941 he married Jenny Lie.He finished his secondary education in 1934 and graduated with the cand.theol.
  • degree from the MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1940.
  • He was a bible school teacher and principal in Stavanger and Stjørdal, before being hired as vicar of Lund in 1957.
  • He chaired the school board there from 1959 to 1965.
  • In 1965 he became vicar in Randaberg, where he was a school board member from 1966 to 1968.
  • From 1968 to 1980 he was the secretary-general of the Norwegian Missionary Society.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in Ã…kebergveien from 13 to 17 February 1943.

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