Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer

{{Short description |Norwegian priest and psalmist}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer (24 December 1900 – 3 April 1979) was a Norwegian priest and psalmist. He was born in Sauherad in Telemark, a son of politician Ludvig Daae Zwilgmeyer. He published his first psalm collection in 1933, Regnbuen. Later collections are Solsangen, Norrøne og nye salmer and Fager er liten. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Zwilgmeyer was appointed as a bishop by Vidkun Quisling, following the protest resignation of the regular bishops of the Church of Norway. He joined the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling, registering weak and futile objections to Quisling's policies. It was reported in 1943 that he resigned from the Nasjonal Samling.Bismarck North Dakota, The Leader, page 2, News of Norway column, issued by the Norwegian government's press representative, Thursday, September 16, 1943 He was Mayor of Fana, later acting Bishop in Bjørgvin, and then Bishop in Hamar.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Hallgeir |last=Elstad |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Dagfinn_Zwilgmeyer/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=25 January 2013}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dagfinn Zwilgmeyer |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/Dagfinn_Zwilgmeyer |language=Norwegian|accessdate=25 January 2013}}