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Laurids Nilsen (Norwegian), ''Lars Nilsson'' (Swedish) or ''Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus'' (Latin), known in Sweden as Kloster-Lasse or Convent-Lawrence (1538,
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– 1622,
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, Lithuania), was a Norwegian
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in Sweden during the reign of King
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from 1576 until 1588. During that time, he headed the Roman Catholic Collegium Regium Stockholmense.


References

* Oskar Garstein: Klosterlasse: Stormfuglen som ville gjenerobre Norden for katolisismen, i serien Torleif Dahls Kulturbibliotek, Oslo:Aschehoug. 1998 * Vello Helk: Laurentius Nicolai Norvegus S.J.: en biografi med bidrag til belysning af romerkirkens forsøg på at genvinde Danmark-Norge i tiden fra reformationen til 1622. 1966 * Bra Böckers lexikon, 1977 * bCarlquist, Gunnar, red (1933). Svensk uppslagsbok. Bd 16. Malmö: Svensk Uppslagsbok AB. Sid. 1043 * Westerlund, Harriet: Klosterlasses mission i Sverige i Signum nr 3, 2002 1538 births 1622 deaths 16th-century Jesuits 16th-century Norwegian clergy 16th-century Swedish clergy Norwegian Jesuits Counter-Reformation {{Catholic-stub