Krogh was born in
Vadsø Municipality in
Finnmark county, Norway. He was the son of Truls Krogh and Else Marie, née Bonsach. Krogh was educated at the
University of Copenhagen. He received his
candidatus theologiæ degree in 1779. He began his career as the parish priest at
Lenvik Church in
Troms county, a post he held from 1782 until 1788. From 1788 until 1798, he was the parish priest at
Vågan Church in
Nordland. Then, from 1798 until 1804, he was the parish priest at
Ørland Church in
Sør-Trøndelag. On 6 January 1804, Krogh became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Hålogaland (called
Tromsø Stift). Until then, this area had been under the jurisdiction of the
Diocese of Nidaros. Krogh moved to
Alsta island in
Nordland, where he made the
Alstahaug Church (
Alstahaug kirke) the seat of the diocese. From 1805 until 1812, he served concurrently as parish priest of Alstahaug. Krogh received the
Order of the Dannebrog in 1812 and, when the Danish-Norwegian union was dissolved and Norway entered a union with Sweden, received the Swedish
Order of the Polar Star in 1815. ==References==