Per Gravdal, later Peder Olsen Nodland (1842–1909)[1] was a Norwegian pastor and founder of the Christian denomination Det Almindelige Samfund [no] ('The Catholic Community', catholic here in the sense of 'universal'), one of the churches that came from the Strong Believer (Sterktroende) movement in opposition to the Haugeans.
[4] He became the pastor of The Community (Samfundet), where he took over the role after the death of founder Bernt Lomeland in 1900.
He and 233 others then founded Det Almindelige Samfund,[5] while the Lomelenders continued in The Community.
Until she died, it was common in the parish for newborns to be given names starting with the letters P or K, or a combination of the two.
[6] In 1905, he published En Fremsættelse af Guds Naadens Orden udi Prædikener indeholdende en Forklaring om Synd og Naade, Fald og Opreisning ('An Exposition of the Order of God's Grace through Sermons Containing an Explanation of Sin and Grace, Fall and Redemption').