Øystein Ingar Larsen was Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Sør-Hålogaland is a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covers the Lutheran Church of Norway churches located within Nordland county in Norway...

 from 1992 to 2006.

Larsen grew up in Høyenhall in Aker

Aker, Norway

Aker is a former municipality in Akershus, which lends its name to a municipality and a county in Norway. The name originally belonged to a farm which was located near the current Old Aker Church...

. He received his 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 at the MF Norwegian School of Theology

MF Norwegian School of Theology

The Norwegian School of Theology , is a private, independent, accredited Norwegian specialised university...

 in 1966. He was ordained as a priest in 1967. Larsen worked for the Norwegian Inner Mission from 1968 to 1972. From 1972 to 1979 he was the resident chaplain at Høybråten

Høybråten

Høybråten is a residential area in the north-eastern part of Norway's capital Oslo. Høybråten has its own church, schools and railway station....

, from 1979 to 1986 he worked at the School of Theology. From 1986 to 1992 he was the parish priest at Furuset

Furuset

Furuset was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna....

. He was appointed the bishop of Sør-Hålogaland in 1992 and held that position until he retired on 1 December 2006.

He was married to Marit Hansen in 1966, and the two have three children.