Trygve Wyller is a Norwegian theologian.

He was born in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

. He took the cand.mag.

Cand.mag.

Candidatus magisterii , Candidata magisterii , i.e. Latin Candidate of Arts, abbreviated cand.mag., is an academic degree used in Denmark, and formerly in Norway and Iceland, roughly corresponding to an American Master of Arts and officially translated as such...

 degree in 1975, and the cand.theol.

Cand.theol.

Candidatus theologiæ , Candidata theologiæ , abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six year higher education in theology in Denmark and Norway. In Norway, the title has remained after the "Quality Reform", though it is equivalent to a Master of...

 degree in 1982. He did not follow a straight academic path, as he worked as a journalist in Aftenposten

Aftenposten

Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...

from 1979 to 1983, and as a priest from 1984 to 1988. Then, he was a research fellow

Research fellow

The title of research fellow is used to denote a research position at a university or similar institution, usually for academic staff or faculty members. A research fellow may act either as an independent investigator or under the supervision of a principal investigator...

 from 1989, and took the dr.theol. degree at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1994, on the thesis Troens tale og talen om verden. He was appointed as an associate professor at the same institution in 1996, and was promoted to professor of theology in 2002.

In 2006 he was elected as the dean of the Faculty of Theology, ahead of the other candidate Halvor Moxnes

Halvor Moxnes

Halvor Moxnes is a Norwegian theologian.He was born in Stokke. He took the dr.theol. degree in 1978 with the thesis Theology in Conflict: Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans, and was appointed as a professor of the New Testament at the University of Oslo in 1984...

. In 2009, Wyller entered the race to become rector

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...

 of the University of Oslo. The rector is elected by students and faculty, and his sole opponent is Ole Petter Ottersen

Ole Petter Ottersen

Ole Petter Ottersen is a Norwegian professor of medicine.His field is neuroscience, and he is a former director of the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience at the University of Oslo. In 2009 he entered the race to become rector of the University of Oslo. The rector is elected by students...

. On 2 April 2009, it was clear that Ottersen won the rectorial election.