Johan Storm Munch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johan Storm Munch

Norwegian bishop

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1778

Place of Birth: Vågå, Oppland, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1832

Profession: priest, poet, translator, philologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johan Storm Munch (31 August 1778–26 January 1832) was a Bishop in the Church of Norway.
He was also known as a poet, playwright, and magazine editor.Munch was born at Vågå in Oppland county, Norway.
He was the son of parish priest Peter Munch (1740-1802) and Christine Sophie Storm (1746-1825).
He was educated for the ministry principally by his father.
From 1800-1805, he was a private tutor for members of the Løvenskiold noble family at Løvenborg in Zealand in Denmark.
In 1805, he was called to be an assistant pastor in Skjeberg in Østfold county, Norway.
In 1810, he took a year-long teaching position at Prinds Christian Augusts Minde, a hospital and asylum in Christiania.
He then became a privat tutor in Christiania.
In 1813, he was called to be the pastor in Sande in Vestfold.
In 1817 he received the call to work as vicar of the parish of Aker as well as the palace priest for Akershus Fortress.
In 1823, he was appointed to be the Bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand where he was based at the Christianssand Cathedral.
He held this position until his death in 1832.He published the poetry collection Fjeldblomster in 1813, edited the magazine Saga from 1816 to 1820, and published the play Præsten i Hallingdal in 1825.



Alternative names	Jacob Edward Munch
Description	Norwegian painter and officer
Date of birth/death	9 August 1776	10 June 1839
Location of birth/death	Christiania (Oslo)	Christiania (Oslo)
Work period	early 19^th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	Norway
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