Arvid Nergård

Arvid Halgeir Nergård
Bishop
Church Church of Norway
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland
In office 1979-1990
Personal details
Born (1923-04-11)11 April 1923
Lenvik, Norway
Died 23 November 2006(2006-11-23) (aged 83)
Larvik, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Denomination Christian
Occupation Priest
Education Cand.theol. (1952)
Alma mater University of Oslo

Arvid Halgeir Nergård (19232006) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway.

He was born in Lenvik, Norway in 1923. He received a degree in agronomy in 1943 and the cand.theol. degree in 1952. He served as curate in Sør-Varanger from 1957-1961, vicar in Tana from 1961-1966, vicar in Vadsø from 1966-1969, and vicar in Molde from 1969-1974. From 1974 to 1979 he was dean in Ytre Romsdal, and from 1979-1990 he was the bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. He died in 2006.[1]

References

  1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Arvid Nergård". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Kristen Kyrre Bremer
Bishop of Nord-Hålogaland
19791990
Succeeded by
Ola M. Steinholt
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