Niels Jacob Jensen Laache (6 November 1831 – 5 February 1892) was a Norwegian revivalist, writer, and bishop. Laache was born in 1831 in

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, Norway. He received his theology degree in 1858 and became a priest in 1863. For the next 20 years, he served as pastor, revivalist preacher and local politician in

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, Eidanger Municipality, and

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. In 1883, he was appointed as the bishop of Trondhjems stift, a post which he held until his death in 1892. He was also the editor of the Christian magazine ''For Fattig og Riig''. He was decorated Knight of the

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in 1885.

Selected works

*''Om Omvendelsen, dens Nødvendighed, dens Begreb og dens Kjendemærker'' (1860) *''Om Alterens Sakramente, dets Nytte og rette Brug'' (1864) *''Om Børneopdragelsen. Nogle Ord til Opmuntring og Veiledning for Forældre og Andre'' (

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1871) *''Om Dands'' (

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1873) *''Vort jordiske Arbeide i Herrens Tjeneste'' (1880) *''Husandagts-Bog. Bibelstykker med Betragtninger til hver Dag, ordnede efter Kirkeaaret'' (1883) *''Til Menighederne i Trondhjems Stift!'' (

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1884) *''Forklaring over Luthers lille Katekismus'' (posthumous 1892) *''Biskop Laaches Prædikener over Høimesse- og andre Texter'' (posthumously compiled by C. M. Eckhoff, 1893)

References

1831 births 1892 deaths People from Ullensaker Bishops of Nidaros 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran bishops Norwegian non-fiction writers 19th-century Norwegian writers {{Norway-writer-stub