Bernt Støylen

Bernt Andreas Støylen (17 February 1858–18 November 1937) was a Norwegian theologian, psalmist, and Bishop in the Church of Norway.

[1] Støylen was born in Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on 17 February 1858.

He was the son of farmer and fisherman Andreas Olsen Støylen and Margrete Helgesdatter Bringsvor.

His son was Kaare Støylen, a future bishop, and his brother-in-law was Georg Sverdrup, the Norwegian-American theologian.

After that, he served as a priest of the Norwegian Church Abroad at Cardiff in Wales in the United Kingdom.

Sculpture of Bernt Støylen