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Hans Nilsen Hauge

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Hans Nilsen Hauge
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1895 – 31 December 1900
ConstituencyVestfold
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office
22 October 1903 – 11 March 1905
Prime MinisterFrancis Hagerup
Preceded byVilhelm Wexelsen
Succeeded byChristopher Knudsen
Personal details
Born(1853-11-03)3 November 1853
Nord-Audnedal, Vest-Agder, Sweden-Norway
Died17 December 1931(1931-12-17) (aged 78)
Botne, Vestfold, Norway
Political partyConservative
ProfessionPriest

Hans Nilsen Hauge (3 November 1853 – 17 December 1931) was a Norwegian priest and politician for Norway's Conservative Party. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1903 to 1905.

Knudsen was born in Nord-Audnedal,[1] and was the grandson of the revivalist lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge and son of priest Andreas Hauge.[2] He enrolled as a student in 1871 and graduated as cand.theol. in 1877. He was acting vicar in Brevik from January to July 1879,[1] and then worked in Skien until 1887, except for the years 1881 to 1886 when he was a sailors' padre in North Shields. In 1887 he became vicar in Brevik on a permanent basis.[2] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the city in 1895 and 1898.[3] In 1900 he became vicar in Eidanger.[2]

On 22 October 1903, when the second cabinet Hagerup assumed office, Hauge was appointed Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs. The cabinet resigned on 10 March 1905 as a part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden; Hauge did not retain the job.[3] He did not return to Eidanger either,[2] instead he became vicar in Skien. He changed job to dean in 1918, and retired in 1924.[1]

Hauge was appointed a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Genealogy
  2. ^ a b c d Prestene i Eidanger, by A. Schøning. Hosted by Porsgrunn public library.
  3. ^ a b "Hans Nilsen Hauge". Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 31 January 2009.
Political offices
Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs
1903–1905
Succeeded by