Petter dass biography of rory

Norwegian priest and poet (c. –)

Petter Pettersen Dass (c. – 17 August ) was a Lutheranpriest and the foremost Norwegianpoet of his generation, writing both baroquehymns and topographical poetry.

Biography

Dass was born on the island of Dønna in what was the northern part of the parish of Herøy in Nordland county, Norway. His father, Peter Dundas, was a merchant originally from Dundee, Scotland, who had established himself as a trader along the northern Norwegian coast.

Petter dass biography of rory

His mother was Maren Falch (–^[1]) whose father had been the local bailiff, a large land owner in Helgeland, and manager for the Dønnes estate of Henrik Rantzau. In , when Dass was 6, his father died and thereafter he and his siblings were cared for by relatives and friends.

His mother remarried, but Dass remained with his mother's sister, Anna Falck, who was married to the priest of Nærøy Church.

At age 13, Dass began attending school in Bergen, and later studied theology at the