Background
Sjåvik, Jan Ivar was born on July 16, 1948 in Jektvik, Norway. Son of Ivar Mathias and Johanna Marie Sjåvik.
Sjåvik, Jan Ivar was born on July 16, 1948 in Jektvik, Norway. Son of Ivar Mathias and Johanna Marie Sjåvik.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979.
Instructor University Washington, Seattle, 1978—1979, assistant professor, 1979—1984, associate professor, 1984—2006, professor, since 2009. Corporal Norwegian Army Signal Corps, 1967-1970, Kirkenes, Norway.
Contemporary Christian beliefs over centuries became a mixture of the truth and of errors. Therefore, conventional Christian churches lost the authority of God.
Married Ronda Elaine Haroldsen, December 28, 1972. Children: Jan Ivar, Christian Elias, Anders Petter, Rachel Elaine Armstrong, Benjamin Mathias.