Jakob Hveding Sletten (4 December 1872 – 7 December 1936) was a Norwegian priest and musician. He was born in Høyland Municipality to parents who hailed from

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. The family moved to Lindås in 1882. He finished his secondary education in 1895, and graduated with the

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degree in 1901. He was a

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from 1902, then curate in the

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from 1905. From 1909 to 1914 he was vicar in Vestnes, and in 1916 he was appointed curate in the Diocese of Kristiania with special responsibility to hold ceremonies in

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

. His brother

Klaus Sletten Klaus Daae Sletten (5 March 1877 – 4 April 1946) was a Norwegian organizational worker and politician who spent his professional career as an editor of magazines and newspapers. He was known as a supporter of the Nynorsk cause. Early life He was ...

and nephew

Vegard Sletten Vegard Sletten (8 May 1907 – 17 December 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He worked in ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' from 1929 to 1945, except for the World War II years during parts of which he was imprisoned, and then in ''Verdens Gang'' ...

were both active in the Nynorsk movement. Sletten was married to Aagot Hansen from Kristiania from September 1902 to her death in January 1912. He later married Elvine Staven, a farmer's daughter from

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, in September 1936. Sletten was also an accomplished

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ian in his day. He was represented with eight tunes in ''Koralbok for den norske kirke'' in 1926, and with twelve tunes in

Sven Moren Sven Moren (28 October 1871 – 14 December 1938) was a Norwegian farmer, poet, story writer, playwright, children's writer, organizer and politician for the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party. Personal life Moren was born in Trysil Muni ...

's ''Songbok''. He also released his own work; ''Koralbok for det norske folk''.

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1872 births 1936 deaths 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian musicians Nynorsk {{Norway-reli-bio-stub