Valen-Sendstad was born in
Notodden, Norway, to agricultural school teacher Aksel Sendstad (1872–1922) and Magnhild Valen, and grew up in Kristiania (today Oslo), where he took his
examen artium in 1923 and received his
cand. theol. degree from the
Free Faculty of Theology in 1928. From 1931 to 1941 he was the vicar of
Jelsa, and from 1941 to 1955
resident chaplain of
St. Johannes Church in
Stavanger. I 1948 he received his doctorate; his thesis was
Reality and understanding of reality, and from 1948 to 1949 he substituted for professor
Arne Næss in teaching philosophy at the
University of Oslo. From 1958 on he taught at , part of the
Norwegian Lutheran Mission. Valen-Sendstad died in Oslo in 1963. Theologically, Valen-Sendstad championed
Lutheran orthodoxy, and was opposed to modern
Protestant theology and
Catholicism. He described himself as a "theological and ecclesiastical
enfant terrible". He strongly opposed the repeal of the
Jesuit clause and published ('Open letter to the 1954 Norwegian Parliament: will the parliament give Jesuit fascism its moral endorsement?') == Bibliography ==