Sören Dalevi

The Right Reverend Sören Dalevi
Bishop of Karlstad
Church	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Karlstad
Elected	28 April 2016
Predecessor	Esbjörn Hagberg
Orders
Ordination	7 January 1996 by Bengt Wadensjö
Consecration	28 August 2016 by Antje Jackelén
Personal details
Born	(1969-06-12) 12 June 1969 (age 55) Björneborg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Spouse	Veronica Dalevi
Children	3
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Sören Dalevi (born 12 June 1969 in Björneborg) is a Swedish prelate and theologian. Since 2012, he has been a lecturer in religious studies at Karlstad University. In 2016, he was elected as Bishop of Karlstad.

Sören Dalevi was ordained as a priest in 1996, after which he became vicar in the parish of Grums. He was the founder of youth work in the Diocese of Karlstad between 1997 and 2000 and committees in the parish of Norrstrands in Karlstad between 2000 and 2003. He then pursued research studies at Karlstad University. Between 2008 and 2012, Dalevi was a member of the school board at Geijerskolan. Dalevi's research focused on church education.^[1]

On 28 April 2016, he was elected Bishop of Karlstad. At the preliminary voting session, Sören Dalevi received 59.1% of the votes. The other candidate who took part in the election, Karin Johannesson, gained 40.9% of the votes.^[2]