Solveig Fiske

Solveig Fiske
The Right Reverend; Solveig Fiske
	Bishop of Hamar
Church	Church of Norway
Diocese	Hamar
Elected	13 October 2006
Installed	1 November 2006–present
Predecessor	Rosemarie Köhn
Orders
Consecration	17 December 2006; by Olav Skjevesland
Personal details
Birth name	Solveig Magrete Fiske
Born	26 October 1952; Frei, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Lutheran
Spouse	Guttorm Eidslott
Education	MF Norwegian School of Theology

Solveig Margrete Fiske (born (1952-10-26)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 (2006-12-17), 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 (2006-12-25), she went public with the view that the Church of Norway should develop a church liturgy for the establishment of same-sex partnerships . She was also the first woman in the world to succeed another woman as diocesan bishop.

Appointments

In addition to her pastoral assignments, she has served in a number of committees and councils, notably:

As member of the church council for the diocese of Hamar
The regional board in the Norwegian ministerial association
Since 1982, as a member of the parish council for Løten and Elverum
A number of church task forces related to the role of women in religious life
Since 2004, chair of the board of the church's resource center against violence and sexual assault

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References

Religious titles
Preceded by Rosemarie Köhn	Bishop of the Diocese of Hamar 2006–present	Incumbent

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