Fredrik Hansen

Fredrik Hansen is a Norwegian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Roman [Catholic Diocese of Oslo|Oslo] since July 2025.

Early life

Fredrik Hansen was born on 13 June 1979 in a Evangelican-Lutheran family belonging to the Church of Norway. He was converted into the Catholic Church at the age of 20 on 27 December 1999.
Hansen was educated at Brunia Junior High School and the University of Oslo.

Priestly ministry

After studying philosophy and theology at Allen Hall Seminary and Heythrop College, both in London, he was ordained deacon on 1 July 2006, and on 21 April 2007, he was ordained priest incardinated to the Diocese of Oslo.
After his priestly ordination, he held the following positions:

Private Secretary to the Bishop of Oslo
Pro-Rector at St. Eystein Seminary
Secretary of the Norwegian Catholic Bishops' Council
Judge at the Tribunal for the Catholic Diocese of Oslo

He received a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2013, during his stay in Rome, he was the vice-rector of the Collegio Teutonico di Santa Maria dell'Anima.
He was then a student at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, and in 2013, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, subsequently, he was elevated to the title of Monsignor.
Hansen was assigned to the Papal Nunciature in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See as observer to international organizations in Vienna, and to the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York.
After completing his diplomatic service in New York, he entered the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice on 22 July 2022. The congregation's main activity since its foundation in 1642 has been the operation of seminaries.
Hansen became a professor at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, where he taught Canon Law and Ecclesiology. In addition, he served in the role of Dean of Seminarians immediately prior to his appointment as Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo.

Episcopal ministry

On 1 November 2024, Pope Francis appointed Hansen as the Coadjutor Bishop of Oslo, his episcopal consecration was held on 18 January 2025 on St. Olav's Cathedral by Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
On 16 July 2025 Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Oslo, Bernt Ivar Eidsvig; as the Coadjutor Bishop, Hansen automatically succeeded Eidsvig as the Bishop of Oslo.