Peter W. K. Bøckman, Jr.

Peter Wilhelm Kreydahl Bøckman, Jr. (14 May 1927 17 December 2006) was a Norwegian religious studies scholar.

He was born in Skjervøy municipality in Troms county, Norway. [1] He was a grandson of bishop Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr. and brother of journalist Knut Bøckman.[2] He graduated as cand.theol. in 1953, and following studied in the United States and Sweden, he was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1967. From 1975 to 1997 he was a professor of religious studies at the University of Trondheim. He published several books on theological topics.

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