Trygve Wyller (born 4 June 1950) is a Norwegian theologian. He was born in

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. He took the cand.mag. degree in 1975, and the

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degree in 1982. He did not follow a straight academic path, as he worked as a journalist in ''

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'' from 1979 to 1983, and as a priest from 1984 to 1988. Then, he was a

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from 1989, and took the dr.theol. degree at the

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in 1994, on the thesis ''Troens tale og talen om verden''. He was appointed as an

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at the same institution in 1996, and was promoted to professor of theology in 2002. In 2006 he was elected as the

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of the Faculty of Theology, ahead of the other candidate Halvor Moxnes. In 2009, Wyller entered the race to become rector of the University of Oslo. The rector is elected by students and faculty, and his sole opponent is

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. On 2 April 2009, it was clear that Ottersen won the rectorial election.

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1950 births Living people Norwegian theologians University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo People from Stavanger 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy 21st-century Protestant theologians {{Norway-academic-bio-stub