Solveig Fiske
| Solveig Fiske | |
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Solveig Fiske
Photo: Kirkens informasjonstjeneste |
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| Province | Diocese of Hamar |
| Installed | 1 November 2006–present |
| Predecessor | Rosemarie Köhn |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Solveig Magrete Fiske |
| Born |
26 October 1952 Frei, Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Spouse | Guttorm Eidslott |
| Education | MF Norwegian School of Theology |
Solveig Margrete Fiske (born 26 October 1952) is a bishop in the Church of Norway in the Diocese of Hamar, seated in Hamar.
Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1980, and completed her practical training there in 1981. She worked as a consultant in the Church Council in 1981, and then was assigned to the parish in Elverum as a chaplain. In 1994 she became the parish priest in Løten, and in 2005 she became the personnel director for the diocese in Hamar.
When she was consecrated as bishop on 17 December 2006, she had spent her entire career within the diocese for which she became bishop. She was the fourth woman ordained bishop in the Church of Norway, succeeding the first, Rosemarie Köhn. Olav Skjevesland officiated at her consecration. On 25 December 2006, she went public with the view that the Church of Norway should develop a church liturgy for the establishment of same-sex partnerships [1]. She was also the first woman in the world to succeed another woman as diocesan bishop.
In addition to her pastoral assignments, she has served in a number of committees and councils, notably:
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