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Elling Eielsen (September 19, 1804 - January 10, 1883) was an American Minister and Lutheran Church leader. Eielsen was a leader in the Haugean pietistic state church reform movement which encouraged evangelism and vigorous lay leadership. His piety and reliance on lay leadership long remained a dominating influence for much of upper-Midwest Lutheranism ^[1]

Eielsen was born on the farm of Sunve in Voss, Norway and brought up in the religious tradition of Hans Nielsen Hauge. After his own religious awakening at the age of 25, he moved to Bergen, where he apprenticed as a carpenter and blacksmith and also enlisted in the army. He acted as a spiritual leader among his fellow soldiers, and in 1832, he accepted his first mission as a lay preacher. He traveled for several years extensively throughout Norway, and also preached in Denmark, where he was arrested and briefly imprisoned.

Eielsen immigrated to the United States during 1839 and in 1843, he was formally ordained as a Lutheran minister. Under Eielsen's leadership, a house of worship for Norwegian Lutherans was constructed at Fox River Lutheran Church near Norway, Illinois. ^[2] Eislsen was resident pastor at Jefferson Prairie from 1846 to 1872. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Eielsen Synod) founded in 1846 at the Jefferson Prairie Settlement, was to bear his name. He remained with the synod over the next 30 years and also continued as pastor-at-large for Norwegian communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas. ^[3]

References

^ “Norwegian Lutherans to celebrate founding of first church at Bergen.” Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette. September 27, 1924
^ http://www.cokato.mn.us/cmhs/immanuel.html “A Synod of One: The Story of Immanuel Lutheran Church” by Karen Christofferson.
^ The Promise of America. Norwegian American Historic Association

Additional Sources

Gross, Ernie. This Day In Religion. (New York: Neal-Shuman Publishers, Inc, 1990) ISBN 1-55570-045-4.

Halvorsen, Jens Braage, and Koht, Halvdan: Norsk forfatterleksikon, 1814-1880. (Oslo. Den norske forlagsforening, 1888) [1].

Norlie, Olaf Eielsen Was First; a Bibliography (Northfield, Minnesota, 1942)

Norlie, Olaf Elling Eielsen, a Brief History, Written for the Elling Eielsen Centennial, 1839-1939 ( Joliet, IL: C.H. Peterson Co. 1940)

External Links

“Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – ELCA Family History: 1846”

“Norwegian American Historic Association. The Promise of America.”
“Wisconsin Historic Society. Eielsen, Elling”

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[1] “Norwegian Lutherans to celebrate founding of first church at Bergen.” Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette. September 27, 1924

[2] ttp://www.cokato.mn.us/cmhs/immanuel.html “A Synod of One: The Story of Immanuel Lutheran Church” by Karen Christofferson.

[3] The Promise of America. Norwegian American Historic Association

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-'''Elling Eielsen''' ([[September 19]], [[1804]] - January 10, 1883) was a leader of the [[Lutheran]] church and founder of [[The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States|the Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States]].
+'''Elling Eielsen''' ([[September 19]], [[1804]] - January 10, 1883) was an American Minister and Lutheran Church leader.  Eielsen was a leader in the Haugean pietistic state church reform movement which encouraged evangelism and vigorous lay leadership. His piety and reliance on lay leadership long remained a dominating influence for much of upper-Midwest Lutheranism <Ref>“Norwegian Lutherans to celebrate founding of first church at Bergen.” Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette. September 27, 1924</ref>
-Eielsen was born on the farm of Sunve in [[Voss, Norway]] and brought up in the religious tradition of [[Hans Nielsen Hauge]]. After his own religious awakening at the age of 25, he moved to [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], where he served as an apprentice as a carpenter and blacksmith and also enlisted in the army. He acted as a spiritual leader among his fellow soldiers, and in 1832, he accepted his first mission as a lay preacher.
+Eielsen was born on the farm of Sunve in [[Voss, Norway]] and brought up in the religious tradition of [[Hans Nielsen Hauge]]. After his own religious awakening at the age of 25, he moved to [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], where he apprenticed as a carpenter and blacksmith and also enlisted in the army. He acted as a spiritual leader among his fellow soldiers, and in 1832, he accepted his first mission as a lay preacher. He traveled for several years extensively throughout Norway, and also preached in Denmark, where he was arrested and briefly imprisoned.
+Eielsen immigrated to the United States during 1839 and in 1843, he was formally ordained as a Lutheran minister.  Under Eielsen's leadership, a house of worship for Norwegian Lutherans was constructed at Fox River Lutheran Church near [[Norway, Illinois]]. <ref>http://www.cokato.mn.us/cmhs/immanuel.html “A Synod of One: The Story of Immanuel Lutheran Church” by Karen Christofferson. </ref> Eislsen was resident pastor at Jefferson Prairie from 1846 to 1872. [[Eielsen Synod|Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Eielsen Synod)]] founded in 1846 at the [[Jefferson Prairie Settlement]], was to bear his name. He remained with the synod over the next 30 years and also continued as pastor-at-large for Norwegian communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas. <ref> The Promise of America. Norwegian American Historic Association</ref>
-He traveled for several years extensively throughout Norway, and also preached in Denmark, where he was arrested and briefly imprisoned. Eielsen emigrated to the United States where he stayed for some time at the earliest settlements there. On October 3rd 1843, he was formally ordained as a Lutheran minister by Dr. F.A. Hoffmann, and in 1846 he founded the [[Eielsen Synod|Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Eielsen Synod)]] [http://www.elca.org/communication/timeline/1846.html].
-He returned to Norway in 1861 through 1862, but returned to the United States where he became an itinerant pastor until he died in Chicago.
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
-*Gross, Ernie. ''This Day In Religion.'' New York: Neal-Shuman Publishers, Inc, 1990. ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
-*[http://www.elca.org/communication/timeline/1846.html ELCA.org timeline]
+==Additional Sources==
-* Halvorsen, Jens Braage, and [[Halvdan Koht|Koht, Halvdan]]: ''Norsk forfatterleksikon, 1814-1880''. Oslo. Den norske forlagsforening, 1888 [http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA211&dq=elling+eielsen&as_brr=1].
-*[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf]]  ''Eielsen Was First; a Bibliography''. Northfield, Minnesota, 1942.
+*Gross, Ernie. ''This Day In Religion.'' (New York: Neal-Shuman Publishers, Inc, 1990) ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
-*[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf]]  ''Elling Eielsen, a Brief History, Written for the Elling Eielsen Centennial, 1839-1939''.  Joliet, IL: C.H. Peterson Co. 1940.
+* Halvorsen, Jens Braage, and [[Halvdan Koht|Koht, Halvdan]]: ''Norsk forfatterleksikon, 1814-1880''. (Oslo. Den norske forlagsforening, 1888) [http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA211&dq=elling+eielsen&as_brr=1].
+*[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf]]  ''Eielsen Was First; a Bibliography'' (Northfield, Minnesota, 1942)
+*[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf]]  ''Elling Eielsen, a Brief History, Written for the Elling Eielsen Centennial, 1839-1939'' ( Joliet, IL: C.H. Peterson Co. 1940)
+==External Links==
+*[http://www.elca.org/communication/timeline/1846.html “Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – ELCA Family History: 1846”]
+*[http://www.nb.no/emigrasjon/vis_data_bilde.php?lang=eng&dok_id=32776&nss=no-nb_emidata_E2143 “Norwegian American Historic Association. The Promise of America.”]
+*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2259&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=E “Wisconsin Historic Society. Eielsen, Elling”]
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