Sigvald Skavlan (27 December 18394 November 1912) was a Norwegian priest, psalmist and educator. He was born at the

Stranda Church Stranda Church or Sløgstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. It is the church ...

vicarage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or Minister (Christianity), ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of n ...

Stranda Municipality Stranda is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda, ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

. He was the son of

Aage Schavland Aage Schavland (6 November 1806 – 20 March 1876) was a Norwegian priest and Member of Parliament. Aage Schavland was born in what is now Strand Municipality in Rogaland county. He took his entrance examination in 1826 and was granted his Theo ...

(1806–1876) and Gerhardine Pauline Bergh (1817–1884). His father was a parish priest and later member of the

Storting The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

. After 1844, the family moved to Herøy Municipality. He was a brother of

Olaf Skavlan Olaf Skavlan (25 January 1838 – 30 May 1891) was a Norwegian literary historian and playwright. Personal life Skavlan was born as Ole Skavlan in Stranda Municipality, a son of vicar and politician Aage Schavland (1806–1876) and his wife Gerha ...

, Aage Skavlan and Harald Skavlan, and uncle of

Einar Skavlan Einar Kielland Skavlan (30 July 1882 – 16 August 1954) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, theatre critic and theatre director. Biography Skavlan was born in Frogn. His father, Olaf Skavlan, was writer, literary historian and pr ...

. Skavlan studied theology in Christiania (now Oslo) until 1864. He was one of the first three priests in

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

after the Norwegian Seaman's Mission was founded in 1865. He later lectured at , a school for the deaf in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, until he was appointed vicar in

Askøy Municipality Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen, which is the country's second mos ...

. In 1887 came to

Vår Frue Church Vår Frue Church ( / ) is a medieval parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the downtown Midtbyen, Trondheim, Midtbyen area of the city of Trondheim, just a few blocks north ...

in Trondheim where he served until he retired. He is probably best remembered for his cantatas and psalms. His psalm collection was published posthumously in 1913. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

in 1897.

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* 1839 births 1912 deaths People from Stranda 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian schoolteachers Norwegian expatriates in Belgium Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy {{Norway-reli-bio-stub