Edvard Sverdrup

Johan Edvard Sverdrup (1861 - 1923) was a Norwegian theologian.

He was born in Balestrand as the son of vicar and politician Harald Ulrik Sverdrup. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/2449827.html Edvard Sverdrup] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon] His uncle Johan Sverdrup founded the Liberal Party and became Prime Minister of Norway in 1884, and his brother Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup became a government minister. [ [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1570306.html Harald Ulrik Sverdrup] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon]

Edvard Sverdrup graduated as cand.theol. in 1885. From 1885 to 1893 he worked as a teacher at the folk high school in Sogndal, established by his brother. He was also vicar ("sogneprest") in Solund.b]

In 1908 he was hired as teacher at the newly established MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo. He was professor there from 1918.c] He published several books, many on church history. [ [http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=forfatter&term=Sverdrup%2C+Edvard&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS] ]

He was co-editor (with Christian Ihlen) of the periodical "Luthersk Kirketidende" from 1910 to 1918, and chairman of the board of Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap from 1911 to 1923.d]

He was the father of oceanographer and meteorologist Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Jr..e]

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