Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge (20 May 1838 – 7 April 1896) was a Norwegian theologian and politician for the

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Personal life

Bugge was born in

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as a son of rector

Frederik Moltke Bugge Frederik Moltke Bugge (23 September 1806 – 9 July 1853) was a Norwegian philologist and educator. Early and personal life Bugge was born in Trondheim, Trondhjem as a son of bishop Peter Olivarius Bugge (1764–1849) and Cathrine Magdalene Koch ...

(1806–1853) and Anne Marie Magelssen (1811–1874). He was a nephew of professor

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and grandson of bishop

Peter Olivarius Bugge Peder Olivarius Bugge (2 December 1764 – 6 December 1849) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1804 until 1842. Biography Peder Olivarius Bugge was born at Holt in Nedenes county, Norway. ...

. In May 1863 Bugge married Edvardine "Dina" Magdalene Margrethe Daae (1841–1921), a daughter of

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Jens Kobro Daae (1811–1897) and sister of Norwegian-American physician Anders Daae.''Hvem er hvem?'' 1912
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Fredrik Moltke Bugge Frederik Moltke Bugge (16 January 1865 – 8 November 1938) was a Norwegian barrister and politician. Personal life He was born in Haram as a son of bishop Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge and Edvardine Magdalene Margrethe Daae. He was a grandson ...

became a barrister and mayor of Kristiania. Through this son, who married a daughter of bishop

Johan Christian Heuch Johan Christian Heuch or J. C. Heuch (23 March 1838–13 February 1904) was a Norwegian bishop in the Church of Norway and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Kragerø, Norway as the son of merchant and ...

,''Hvem er hvem?'' 1912
/ref> Wilhelm Bugge was a grandfather of barrister

Wilhelm Bugge Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge (20 May 1838 – 7 April 1896) was a Norwegian theologian and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life Bugge was born in Trondhjem as a son of rector Frederik Moltke Bugge (1806–1853) and Anne Ma ...

, and great-grandfather of barrister of

and Supreme Court Justice

Jens Bugge Jens Bugge (10 May 1930 – 9 November 2014) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Oslo as a son of barrister Wilhelm Bugge and brother of barrister Frederik Moltke Bugge. He was a grandson of barrister Fredrik Moltke Bugge, great-grandson of bi ...

Career

Bugge served as vicar in

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from 1866, before being appointed professor of theology at the

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in 1870. He was a theological conservative, and edited the magazine ''

Luthersk Ugeskrift ''Luthersk Ugeskrift'' ("Lutheran Weekly") was an ecclesiastical periodical issued from 1877 to 1893. History and profile ''Luthersk Ugeskrift'' was established in 1877 by Wilhelm Bugge and Johan Christian Heuch, who both later served as bishops. ...

'' until 1880. He is best known for his

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documents such as the

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, Acts of the Apostles, the

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and the

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. He also worked with a new translation of the New Testament, but this translation was ultimately published several years after his death, in 1904. Bugge was also elected to the

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from the constituency ''Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger'' in 1882, and served through the term 1883–1885. In 1893 he was appointed

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. He served until his death in April 1896.

References

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