Karsten Isachsen

{{Short description |Norwegian priest, essayist, and popular speaker}} {{Use dmy dates |date=September 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Karsten Einar Isachsen | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|18|1944|2|22|df=y}} | death_place = Ål, Norway | other_names = | occupation = Priest<br>Essayist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Karsten Einar Isachsen''' (22 February 1944 – 18 January 2016) was a Norwegian Lutheran priest, essayist and popular speaker.

==Biography== Isachsen was born in Oslo to Knut Isachsen and Margit Lolloe Gjertsen. Among his books are the speech and essay collections ''Gjester som ikke vil gå'' from 1978, ''Fjellet som flyttet seg'' (1979), ''Vis meg ditt ansikt'' (1982), and ''Før vi går fra hverandre'' from 1987. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 2014. He died in Ål in 2016.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karsten Isachsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Rolv Nøtvik |last=Jakobsen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Karsten_Isachsen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2 February 2016 }}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karsten Isachsen |first=|last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Karsten_Isachsen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref>

==Selected works== *{{cite book |title=Sint, sant, sunt |others=Illustrated by Jan O. Henriksen |location=Oslo |publisher=Cappelen Seminarer for næringslivet |year=1990 |isbn=9788202124083 |oclc=1028260333 }}<ref>{{cite book |title=Sint, sant, sunt |oclc=1028260333 }}</ref> *{{cite book |title=Halvtimesrevyen 1996 sit down comedy med Karsten Isachsen |others=Illustrated by Jan O. Henriksen |location=Oslo |publisher=Cappelen |year=1995 |isbn=9788202157456 |oclc=1028283541 }}<ref>{{cite book |title=Halvtimesrevyen 1996 sit down comedy med Karsten Isachsen |oclc=1028283541 }}</ref>

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