Petter Dass

Petter Dass was born in 1647 in Nord-Herøy, on the Helgeland coast, the son of a Scottish merchant from Dundee who had settled in Nordland. He studied in Copenhagen and was ordained in 1677. Appointed parish priest of Alstahaug in 1689, he held that living until his death and also, like his father, traded between Bergen and the North, according to the St Andrews database, which also counts him among the musicians. He died in Alstahaug in 1707; a museum now bears his name in Helgeland.

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• PoetryThe Trumpet of NordlandNordlands TrompetPetter Dass · 1739Literature