Peter Hognestad
Deceased Person
1866 – 1931
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Who was Peter Hognestad?
Peter Hognestad was a Norwegian theologist, writer, translator, and Lutheran bishop, born as a farmer's son in Time.
Hognestad served as bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1916. He translated biblical texts into Nynorsk, and was chief editor of the Nynorsk translation of the Bible from 1921. He was co-editor of the psalm book Nynorsk salmebok together with Bernt Støylen and Anders Hovden.
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