Word: haalogaland
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...ordained Bishop of Haalogaland. High in the Arctic, at the northern tip of Norway, Bishop Berggrav's first diocese was a vast tract of scattered parishes, his parishioners rugged trappers, seamen and fishermen whose lives were an unceasing struggle for subsistence. Traveling among them, the Bishop learned to endure with the best their hardships and long loneliness in the Arctic night. Gay and friendly, an expert hunter and fisherman, he won and returned the love of his people. As his work in the state prison had given him compassion and insight, so his life in the north added toughness...
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