Kjølaas currently serves as a chaplain at Elverhøy Church in Tromsø and has experience as a temporary parish priest in Kautokeino from August to December 2025. She will assume the dean position in August 2026. "I am both grateful and happy that I get to serve as dean in Inner Finnmark," Kjølaas said in an official statement.
The specific responsibilities of the dean role have not been detailed, and it is unclear who the previous dean was or whether other candidates were considered.
I am both grateful and happy that I get to serve as dean in Inner Finnmark.