Background
Gunnar was born on October 26, 1967, in Oslo, Norway. Son of Steinar Haaland and Kari Haaland Osberg.
Gunnar was born on October 26, 1967, in Oslo, Norway. Son of Steinar Haaland and Kari Haaland Osberg.
Degree, University Oslo, 1989. Degree, MF Norwegian School Theology, Oslo, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy in Theological, MF Norwegian School Theology, Oslo, 2006.
Assistant professor biblical studies MF Norwegian School Theology, 1998—2005. Translator Norwegian Bible Society, 2006—2009. Associate professor religion & ethics at Oslo Metropolitan University (previously Oslo University College) since 2007. Lieutenant Royal Norwegian Navy, 1995-1996. Barbro Osher Research Fellow in Memory of Krister Stendahl, 2010-11.
Member of Norwegian Network for New Testament Studies, Norwegian Society of Old Testament Studies, Collegium Judaicum.
Married Oshrat Hadad, December 17, 2000. Children: Maja, Liann, Ariel.