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Bernt B. Lomeland
Bernt Berntsen Lomeland (1836 – 1900) was a Norwegian school teacher and lay minister who established The Community (Samfundet) in 1890. Biography Born to a farmer in Helleland, outside Egersund, Norway, he was confirmation, confirmed on 29 September 1850. Beginning in 1855, Lomeland worked as a school teacher in the Helleland school district, a position he held for seven years. In 1862 he began a two-year teacher training program at Holt Seminary (today Kristiansand Teacher Training College) to formally become a teacher. He then took over a private school in Kristiansand from preacher . However, his salary was lower than what he earned as a public school teacher, so in 1868 he started his own bookshop. In 1869 there was a split among Hammersmark's friends over the writings of Carl Olof Rosenius, and they had to leave the chapel, located at Gyldenløvesgate 70. In the late 1880s, several major church reforms were carried out in the Church of Norway, often called the "Great Litu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Community (Samfundet)
The Community () is a Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination with historical and theological roots in the Lutheran tradition. The church has Church (congregation), congregations located in the south-western part of Norway. The Community broke off from the Church of Norway in 1890 due to recent theological and liturgical developments within the church. A key figure in the founding of The Community was school teacher and lay preacher, Bernt B. Lomeland (1836–1900). The Community was split in 1900 after Lomeland's death, and founded The Catholic Community (, ''Catholic (term), catholic'' here in the sense of 'universal'). The Community was split again in 1925 and as a result The Old Lutheran Community was founded. , the Community has approximately 1,800 members in two congregations, with four churches, one meeting house, and four schools. The Community is not a member of any ecumenical organization, as they consider themselves to be the only known rightful chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Schoolteachers
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania, USA Norsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 Deaths
As of March 1 (Old Style, O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (Old Style, O.S. February 15), 2100. Summary Political and military The year 1900 was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Two days into the new year, the United States Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy regarding Qing dynasty, China, advocating for equal access for all nations to the Chinese market. The 1900 Galveston hurricane, Galveston hurricane would become the List of disasters in the United States by death toll, deadliest natural disaster in United States history, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 people, mostly in and near Galveston, Texas, as well as leaving 10,000 people homeless, destroying 7,000 buildings of all kinds in Galveston. As of 2025, it remains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 Births
Events January–March * January 1 — Hill Street Academy is named Colombo Academy and acquired by the Government, establishing the first public school in Sri Lanka. * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Former U.S. Representative Davy Crockett of Tennessee arrives in Texas to join the Texan fight for independence from Mexico. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney. ** Will County, Illinois, is formed. * February 8 – London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England. * February 23 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins, with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna. * February 25 – Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. * March 1 – Texas Revolution – Convention of 1836: Delegate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandal, Norway
Mandal is a town in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. Mandal is the fourth largest town in Agder as well as the administrative centre of Lindesnes municipality. It is located at the mouth of the river Mandalselva at the southern end of the Mandalen valley. The town has a population (2019) of 11,053 and a population density of . In Norway, Mandal is considered a which can be translated as either a "town" or "city" in English. The town lies along the European route E39 highway, about southwest of the town of Kristiansand and about southeast of the town of Flekkefjord. Mandal has a few suburban villages lying just outside its borders such as Ime immediately to the east and Sånum to the southwest. The village of Krossen lies about to the north, along the Mandalselva river. History The area in which today's town of Mandal is located was not developed during the Middle Ages. During the 1300s, a trading post called ''Vester-Risør'' grew up along the Skogsfjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harkmark
Harkmark is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northeastern end of the Harkmarkfjorden, about east of the town of Mandal. The village is the site of the Harkmark Church which is where the Harkmark parish is based, and the namesake of the old municipality of Halse og Harkmark Halse og Harkmark is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Halse, which at that time was a ... which existed from 1838 until 1964. References Villages in Agder Lindesnes {{Agder-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knud Spødervold
Knud Kittelsen Spødervold (24 July 1791 – 20 March 1848) was a Norwegian author and lay preacher and leader of the Strong Believers (), a theologically conservative Norwegian Christian movement in opposition to the Haugean movement, with roots in the Lutheran Church of Norway. Upbringing Knud Spødervold was born in Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway, to farmer Kittel Gulliksen and Marthe Rasmusdatter Osland. He grew up on the Spødervold farm in Bjerkreim. During his childhood he received his education at the ambulatory school of the time. He was confirmed by provost in 1807. When he herded sheep in his youth, he carried the Bible and the Augsburg Confession in his backpack. He has been described as an autodidact. In his youth, Knud is said to have been a teacher in Sirdal for some time. In 1813 his father's farm was divided between Spødervold and his brother Michel. In 1811, Spødervold was 20 years old and became a soldier in the ; due to the tense relations with Sweden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Church
A free church is any Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government (as opposed to a state church). A free church neither defines government policy, nor accept church theology or policy definitions from the government. A free church also does not seek or receive government endorsements or funding to carry out its work. The term is only relevant in countries with established state churches. Notwithstanding that, the description "free" has no inherent doctrinal or polity overtones. An individual belonging to a free church is known as a free churchperson or, historically, free churchman. In Scandinavia, free churchpersons would include Protestant Christians who are not communicants of the majority national church, such as the Lutheran Church of Sweden. In England, where the Church of England was the established church, other Protestant denominations such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, the Plymouth Brethren, Methodists and Quakers are, acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Believers
The Strong Believers ( Norwegian: ) is a theologically conservative Norwegian Christian movement, with roots in the Lutheran Church of Norway, in opposition to the Haugean movement. They split from the Church of Norway in 1890. Founding and beliefs The Strong Believers started in Rogaland, Norway, in the mid-1800s and were led by lay preacher Knud Spødervold (1791–1848), the son of a farmer from Bjerkreim. In 1848 he published a book called ('The Dispensation of God's Grace'), in which he outlined his views and his interpretation of the Bible. Spødervold criticized Pietist revival preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge for being too concerned with the importance of works. Spødervold emphasized faith and justification instead of repentance and sanctification. He claimed that "it is impossible for a child of God to fall out of their state of grace". Strong Believers have been described as strict, as well as exclusionary towards outsiders. They do not participate in any ecumenical Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helleland
Helleland is a village and parish in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the river Hedlandsåna and the European route E39 highway, about northeast of the town of Egersund. The Sørlandet Line runs along the river near Helleland, stopping at Helleland Station. Historically, the Helleland clerical district included all the churches in the Helleland parish, Bjerkreim parish (with a chapel in Øvrebygd), and Heskestad parish. The main church for the district was Helleland Church. The Helleland parish was created as the municipality of Helleland under the formannskapsdistrikt law on 1 January 1838. That municipality existed until 1965. Since then, the parish of Helleland has just included the "rural" northern part of Eigersund municipality. Helleland Church (''Helleland kirke'') dates from 1832. It was built of wood and has 500 seats. The architect was Hans Linstow (1787–1851) who also designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Norway
The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established as a separate church intimately integrated with the state as a result of the Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein, Lutheran reformation in Denmark–Norway which broke ties with the Holy See in 1536–1537; the Monarchy_of_Norway#Church_of_Norway, Norwegian monarch was the church's titular head from 1537 to 2012. Historically, the church was one of the main instruments of state authority, and an important part of the state's administration. Local government was based on the church's parishes with significant official responsibility held by the parish priest. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Church of Norway gradually ceded most administrative functions to the secular civil service. The modern Constitution of Norway describes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
