death_place death_date religion birth_place awards nationality denomination parents birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation alma_mater
oslo , norway 23 may 1926 christian håland , norway order of st. olav -lrb- 1894 -rrb- norwegian church of norway nils christopher bøckman wencke elisabeth dietrichson 06 august 1851 beata jervell -lrb- 1878-1926 -rrb- peter w. k. bøckman , sr. .
 cand.theol . -lrb- 1873 -rrb- peter wilhelm kreydahl bøckman , sr. . priest and theologian university of oslo
peter w. k. bøckman , sr. .

peter wilhelm kreydahl bøckman , sr. -lrb- 1851 -- 1926 -rrb- was a norwegian bishop and theologian .
he was born in håland in rogaland county , norway , on 6 august 1851 .
he graduated with a cand.theol .
degree from the university of oslo in 1873 .
from 1873 to 1877 he was a teacher at volda teacher 's college .
he was then a chaplain in bergen from 1877 until 1879 , vicar in skånevik from 1879 until 1890 , and dean in tromsø from 1890 until 1893 .
he was the bishop of the diocese of tromsø from 1893 until 1909 , and then bishop of the diocese of nidaros from 1909 until 1923 .
he died in oslo on 23 may 1926 .
he was a grandfather of scholar peter w. k. bøckman , jr. and journalist knut bøckman .
