Background
He was the son of professor Doctor Poul Georg Lindhardt and Gerda Winding, and the elder brother of the Rev Mogens Lindhardt.
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January Lindhardt
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Education
He graduated with a doctorate in theology from Copenhagen University in 1962, and served as Bishop of Roskilde Diocese from 1997–2008.
Career
January Lindhardt died on 11 November 2014 from Alzheimer"s disease. Lindhart often commented publicly on developments in the lutheran Danish state church. Along with Jacob Holm, of the church Fredenskirken in Viby J, he held the opinion that Hell in the traditional concept does not exist, and that the Danish National Church"s concept should instead regard a more universalist doctrine.
This was view was rejected by the fundamentalist Inner Mission organization.
