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Hans Nielsen Hauge (April 3, 1771 – March 29, 1824) was a revivalist Norwegian lay preacher who spoke up against the Church establishment in Norway. Hauge is considered an influential personality in the industrialization of Norway. He is commemorated annually on March 29 as a renewer of the church by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.^[1]

Biography

Hans Nielsen Hauge was born the fifth of ten children in his ancestral farm of Hauge in Tune, near Sarpsborg in the county of Østfold. He had a poor and otherwise ordinary youth until April 5, 1796, when he received his "spiritual baptism" in a field near his farm. Within two months, he had founded a revival movement in his own community, written a book, and decided to take his mission on the road. He wrote a series of books in his lifetime. Estimates are that 100,000 Norwegians read one or more of them, at a time when the population was 900,000 more-or-less literate individuals.

In the next several years, Hauge traveled - mostly by foot - throughout most of Norway, from Tromsø in the north to Denmark in the south. He held countless revival meetings, often after church services. In addition to his religious work, he offered practical advice, encouraging such things as settlements in Northern Norway. He and his followers were persecuted, though their teachings were in keeping with Lutheran doctrine. He began preaching about "the living faith" in Norway and Denmark after a mystical experience that he believed called him to share the assurance of salvation with others. At the time, itinerant preaching and religious gatherings held without the supervision of a pastor were illegal, and Hauge was arrested several times.^[2]

Hauge faced great personal suffering: his first wife died and three of his four children died in infancy. He was imprisoned for much of the period between 1804 and 1811. At the time, Norwegians did not have the right of religious assembly outside of the auspices of the state church. Hauge also found himself accused of various other spurious charges. By all accounts, his time in prison broke his health and led to his premature death. Upon his release from prison in 1811, he took up work as a farmer and industrialist at Bakkehaugen near Christiania (present day's Oslo), and in 1815 he married Andrea Andersdatter, who died in childbirth. In 1817, he remarried Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter and bought the Bredtvet farm (now the site of Bredtvet Church in Oslo) where he died. ^[3]^[4]

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Statue of Hans Neilsen Hauge
by Sigurd Nome (1911-1979)

Haugean movement

It is generally agreed that Hans Nielsen Hauge had a profound influence on both secular and religious history in Norway. Hauge's message emphasized the type of spirituality he felt originated with Martin Luther. He led charismatic meetings, and his organization became an informal network that in many ways challenged the establishment of the state church. As a result, he and his followers were persecuted in various ways. Hauge was imprisoned on several occasions, spending nine years in prison. ^[5]

Over time the Haugean movement increased its influence throughout the country. Some figures might illustrate that fact. In the late eighteenth century a normal service in the church in Christiania would be attended by fewer than 20 people - of a population of nearly 10 000. Christianity in Norway was nearly becoming a framework for traditions, and ethics and spiritual life were nearly non-existent. It is not an exaggeration to state that he revived the faith in most of Norway.

Turning to his achievements as an industrialist, the number of factories and mills that Hauge founded around the country were numerous. All but one disappeared during the industrial revolution, which in Norway took place in the mid-19th century. Even so, his modesty prevented him from becoming a capitalist, and he gave away all he had founded and inspired to others - brethren and friends. In a period of extreme economic crisis, when almost all the prosperous timber barons and iron works owners went bankrupt because of the Napoleonic wars, he showed a way to prosperity for anyone with initiative, and this led to the new rise in Norwegian economics some years after the independence in 1814. In this matter Hauge was but one of several contributors, but he was one of the most influential - especially so in the way he combined economics and Christian morals: modesty, honesty and hard work among them.

Factors in influence

His defiance toward the religious and secular establishment gave voice to ordinary people, paving much of the way for the liberal and democratic tradition in Norway and indeed the entire Nordic region. There also seems to be a clear link between the Haugean movement and the rise of Labor Unions in Norway.
His theology, while bound in Lutheran doctrine, revitalized the notion of universal religion in Norway. The Norwegian state church credits him today for making religion a personal obligation.
His travels created nationwide networks that persist in Norway's political system generally and among parties in particular.
His advocacy for common people became an important force as the industrial revolution unfolded.

Legacy

It is ironic that in the Norwegian school system, Hans Nielsen Hauge is hardly mentioned outside religion classes. Three members of the constitutional assembly in Eidsvoll belonged to his movement. Because the preaching of Hauge coincided with the years during which many Norwegians were immigrating to America, the Haugean influence on Lutheranism in America has been considerable. Within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Hauge Synod, the Eielsen Synod and the Lutheran Free Church were all indications of that influence.^[6]^[7] ^[8]

Memorials

Hans Nielsen Hauge Memorial Museum in Rolvsøy, Norway. Located between Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg, this is near the site of the farm where Hans Nielsen Hauge was born.[1]
Hans Nielsen Hauge Monument at Concordia College. Located in Founders Court, near Old Main, Moorhead, Minnesota. [2]
Hans Nielsen Hauge Memorial at the Bredtvet Kirke in Oslo, Norway [3]

References

^ Norlie, Olaf Morgan Elling Eielsen, a Brief History (The Elling Eielsen Centennial 1839-1939. page 7. Norway, Illinois. June 1940)
^ Hauge, Hans Nielsen (Christian Cyclopedia; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)
^ An American, Unawares (Lars Walker, The American Spectator)
^ Hans Nielsen Hauge 28 March 1824 (James Kiefer, Lutheran Calendar, March 29th)
^ A word from one of the authors of Captive and Free (Britt G. Hallqvist, Augsburg Now. Augsburg College. Minneapolis, MN. Fall 1997, Vol. 60, No. 1)
^ Norwegian Emigration to America During the Nineteenth Century (Semmingsen, Ingrid Gaustad Norwegian-American Historic Association. Volume XI: Page 66)
^ Revival And Society. (Magnus, Alv Johan An examination of the Haugean revival and its influence on Norwegian society in the 19th century Magister Thesis in Sociology at the University of Oslo. 1978.)
^ Hans Nielson Hauge: The Influence of the Hauge Movement on Women of Norway (Soltvedt, Susanne. Murphy Library. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Undergraduate Research. 1999)

Other sources

Aarflot, Andreas. Hans Nielsen Hauge, his life and message (Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN. 1979)
Hauge, Alfred, Hans Nielsen Hauge: Guds vandringsmann (Ansgar. 1947) Norwegian
Bang, A. Chr Udvalgte Salmer ved Hans Nilsen Hauge (Christiania. 1872) Norwegian

External links

Hans Nielsen Hauge at IMDb – a 1961 Norwegian biographical film about Hans Nielsen Hauge
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. Sculpture Exhibit
Augsburg College "The Life of Hans Nielsen Hauge"
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America – Church Year - March 29th
Luther Seminary. Lay evangelist and leader of a religious awakening in Norway
Hans Nielsen Hauge 200-year Jubileum Norwegian

[1] Norlie, Olaf Morgan Elling Eielsen, a Brief History (The Elling Eielsen Centennial 1839-1939. page 7. Norway, Illinois. June 1940)

[2] Hauge, Hans Nielsen (Christian Cyclopedia; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

[3] An American, Unawares (Lars Walker, The American Spectator)

[4] Hans Nielsen Hauge 28 March 1824 (James Kiefer, Lutheran Calendar, March 29th)

[5] A word from one of the authors of Captive and Free (Britt G. Hallqvist, Augsburg Now. Augsburg College. Minneapolis, MN. Fall 1997, Vol. 60, No. 1)

[6] Norwegian Emigration to America During the Nineteenth Century (Semmingsen, Ingrid Gaustad Norwegian-American Historic Association. Volume XI: Page 66)

[7] Revival And Society. (Magnus, Alv Johan An examination of the Haugean revival and its influence on Norwegian society in the 19th century Magister Thesis in Sociology at the University of Oslo. 1978.)

[8] Hans Nielson Hauge: The Influence of the Hauge Movement on Women of Norway (Soltvedt, Susanne. Murphy Library. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Undergraduate Research. 1999)

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-[[Image:Hauge4big.jpg|thumbnail]]{{lutheranism}}[[Image:A Tidemand-Haugianerne.jpg|thumb|250px|"Haugianere," painting by [[Adolph Tidemand]]]][[Image:Obelisk med Hans Niesen Hauge 3.jpg|thumbnail|Hans Nielsen Hauge memorial at Bredtvet Church in Oslo {{Byline|C. Hill, 2007}}]]
+[[Image:Hauge4big.jpg|thumbnail]]{{lutheranism}}[[Image:A Tidemand-Haugianerne.jpg|thumb|250px| ''Haugianerne'' (1852) by [[Adolph Tidemand]]]][[Image:Obelisk med Hans Niesen Hauge 3.jpg|thumbnail|Hans Nielsen Hauge memorial at Bredtvet Church in Oslo {{Byline|C. Hill, 2007}}]]
-'''Hans Nielsen Hauge''' (April 3, 1771 – March 29, 1824) was a revivalist [[Norway|Norwegian]] lay preacher who spoke up against the Church establishment in Norway.  He and his followers were persecuted in their time, though their teachings were in keeping with [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] doctrine.  He began preaching about "the living faith" in Norway and Denmark after a mystical experience that he believed called him to share the assurance of salvation with others.  At the time, itinerant preaching and religious gatherings held without the supervision of a pastor were illegal, and Hauge was arrested several times.   Hauge is considered an influential personality in the industrialization of Norway. He is commemorated annually on March 29  as a renewer of the church by the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].<ref>[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf Morgan]] ''Elling Eielsen, a Brief History'' (The Elling Eielsen Centennial 1839-1939.  page 7. Norway, Illinois. June 1940)</ref>
+'''Hans Nielsen Hauge''' (April 3, 1771 – March 29, 1824) was a revivalist [[Norway|Norwegian]] lay preacher who spoke up against the Church establishment in Norway.   Hauge is considered an influential personality in the industrialization of Norway. He is commemorated annually on March 29  as a renewer of the church by the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]].<ref>[[Olaf M. Norlie|Norlie, Olaf Morgan]] ''Elling Eielsen, a Brief History'' (The Elling Eielsen Centennial 1839-1939.  page 7. Norway, Illinois. June 1940)</ref>
 ==Biography==
-Hans Nielsen Hauge was born the fifth of ten children on April 3, 1771 in his ancestral farm of Hauge in [[Tune, Norway|Tune]], near [[Sarpsborg]] in the county of [[Østfold]]. He had a poor and otherwise ordinary youth until April 5, 1796, when he received his "spiritual baptism" in a field near his farm.  Within two months, he had founded a revival movement in his own community, written a book, and decided to take his mission on the road. He wrote a series of books in his lifetime.  Estimates are that 100,000 Norwegians read one or more of them, at a time when the population was 900,000 more-or-less literate individuals.
+Hans Nielsen Hauge was born the fifth of ten children in his ancestral farm of Hauge in [[Tune, Norway|Tune]], near [[Sarpsborg]] in the county of [[Østfold]]. He had a poor and otherwise ordinary youth until April 5, 1796, when he received his "spiritual baptism" in a field near his farm.  Within two months, he had founded a revival movement in his own community, written a book, and decided to take his mission on the road. He wrote a series of books in his lifetime.  Estimates are that 100,000 Norwegians read one or more of them, at a time when the population was 900,000 more-or-less literate individuals.
-In the next several years, Hauge traveled - mostly by foot - throughout most of Norway, from [[Tromsø]] in the north to [[Denmark]] in the south. He held countless revival meetings, often after church services. In addition to his religious work, he offered practical advice, encouraging such things as settlements in Northern Norway.
-He faced great personal suffering:  his first wife died and three of his four children died in infancy. He was imprisoned for much of the period between 1804 and 1811. At the time, Norwegians did not have the right of religious assembly outside of the auspices of the state church. Hauge also found himself accused of various other spurious charges. By all accounts, his time in prison broke his health and led to his premature death. Upon his release from prison in 1811, he took up work as a farmer and industrialist at Bakkehaugen near Christiania (present day's Oslo), and in 1815 he married Andrea Andersdatter, who died in childbirth. In 1817, he remarried Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter and bought the [[Bredtvet]] farm (now the site of Bredtvet Church in Oslo) where he died March 29, 1824.<ref>Lars Walker, The American Spectator  http://spectator.org/archives/2007/10/16/an-american-unawares/</ref>
-<ref> James Kiefer, Lutheran Calendar, March 29th http://www.missionstclare.com/english/people/mar28.html</ref>
+In the next several years, Hauge traveled - mostly by foot - throughout most of Norway, from [[Tromsø]] in the north to [[Denmark]] in the south. He held countless revival meetings, often after church services. In addition to his religious work, he offered practical advice, encouraging such things as settlements in Northern Norway.  He and his followers were persecuted, though their teachings were in keeping with [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] doctrine.  He began preaching about "the living faith" in Norway and Denmark after a mystical experience that he believed called him to share the assurance of salvation with others.  At the time, itinerant preaching and religious gatherings held without the supervision of a pastor were illegal, and Hauge was arrested several times.<ref>[http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=h&word=HAUGE.HANSNIELSEN ''Hauge, Hans Nielsen'' (Christian Cyclopedia; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)]</ref>
-==Historical legacy==
+Hauge faced great personal suffering:  his first wife died and three of his four children died in infancy. He was imprisoned for much of the period between 1804 and 1811. At the time, Norwegians did not have the right of religious assembly outside of the auspices of the state church. Hauge also found himself accused of various other spurious charges. By all accounts, his time in prison broke his health and led to his premature death. Upon his release from prison in 1811, he took up work as a farmer and industrialist at Bakkehaugen near Christiania (present day's Oslo), and in 1815 he married Andrea Andersdatter, who died in childbirth. In 1817, he remarried Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter and bought the [[Bredtvet]] farm (now the site of Bredtvet Church in Oslo) where he died.   <ref>[http://spectator.org/archives/2007/10/16/an-american-unawares/ ''An American, Unawares'' (Lars Walker, The American Spectator)]  </ref><ref> [http://www.missionstclare.com/english/people/mar28.html ''Hans Nielsen Hauge 28 March 1824'' (James Kiefer, Lutheran Calendar, March 29th)] </ref>
-Hauge's message emphasized the type of spirituality he felt originated with [[Martin Luther]]. He led charismatic meetings, and his organization became an informal network that in many ways challenged the establishment of the state church. As a result, he and his followers were persecuted in various ways. Hauge was imprisoned on several occasions, spending nine years in prison.  Nevertheless, the "[[Haugean]]s" increased their influence over time. It is generally agreed that Hauge had a profound influence on both secular and religious history in Norway.<ref> A word from one of the authors of ''Captive and Free'' (By Britt G. Hallqvist Augsburg Now. Augsburg College. Minneapolis, MN. Fall 1997, Vol. 60, No. 1) http://www.augsburg.edu/now/archives/fall97/word.html</ref>
+[[Image:Uranienborgparken3.JPG|right|thumb|Statue of Hans Neilsen Hauge <br>by Sigurd Nome (1911-1979)]]
+==Haugean movement==
+It is generally agreed that Hans Nielsen Hauge had a profound influence on both secular and religious history in Norway. Hauge's message emphasized the type of spirituality he felt originated with [[Martin Luther]]. He led charismatic meetings, and his organization became an informal network that in many ways challenged the establishment of the state church. As a result, he and his followers were persecuted in various ways. Hauge was imprisoned on several occasions, spending nine years in prison.    <ref> [http://www.augsburg.edu/now/archives/fall97/word.html ''A word from one of the authors of Captive and Free'' (Britt G. Hallqvist, Augsburg Now. Augsburg College. Minneapolis, MN. Fall 1997, Vol. 60, No. 1)] </ref>
-Some figures might illustrate that fact. In the late eighteenth century a normal service in the church in Christiania would be attended by fewer than 20 people - of a population of nearly 10 000. Christianity in Norway was nearly becoming a framework for traditions, and ethics and spiritual life were nearly non-existent. It is not an exaggeration to state that he revived the faith in most of Norway.
+Over time the [[Haugean]] movement increased its influence throughout the country. Some figures might illustrate that fact. In the late eighteenth century a normal service in the church in Christiania would be attended by fewer than 20 people - of a population of nearly 10 000. Christianity in Norway was nearly becoming a framework for traditions, and ethics and spiritual life were nearly non-existent. It is not an exaggeration to state that he revived the faith in most of Norway.
 Turning to his achievements as an industrialist, the number of factories and mills that Hauge founded around the country were numerous. All but one disappeared during the industrial revolution, which in Norway took place in the mid-19th century. Even so, his modesty prevented him from becoming a capitalist, and he gave away all he had founded and inspired to others - brethren and friends. In a period of extreme economic crisis, when almost all the prosperous timber barons and iron works owners went bankrupt because of the [[Napoleonic wars]], he showed a way to prosperity for anyone with initiative, and this led to the new rise in Norwegian economics some years after the independence in 1814. In this matter Hauge was but one of several contributors, but he was one of the most influential - especially so in the way he combined economics and Christian morals: modesty, honesty and hard work  among them.
+==Factors in influence==
-His influence appears to have several reasons:
 * His defiance toward the religious and secular establishment gave voice to ordinary people, paving much of the way for the liberal and democratic tradition in Norway and indeed the entire Nordic region. There also seems to be a clear link between the [[Haugean]] movement and the rise of [[Labor Unions]] in Norway.
 * His theology, while bound in Lutheran doctrine, revitalized the notion of universal religion in Norway.  The [[Norwegian state church]] credits him today for making religion a personal obligation.
@@ Line 24: / Line 23: @@
 * His advocacy for common people became an important force as the industrial revolution unfolded.
+==Legacy==
-It is ironic that in the Norwegian school system, Hans Nielsen Hauge is hardly mentioned outside religion classes. Three members of the [[Constitution of Norway|constitutional assembly]] in [[Eidsvoll]] belonged to his movement.  Because the preaching of  Hauge coincided with the years during which many [[Norwegians]] were immigrating to America, the [[Haugean]] influence on [[Lutheranism]] in America has been considerable. Within the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], both the [[Hauge Synod]] and the [[Eielsen Synod]] were indications of that influence.<ref>Semmingsen, Ingrid Gaustad  ''Norwegian Emigration to America During the Nineteenth Century''  (Norwegian American Historic Association. Volume XI: Page 66) http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume11/vol11_5.htm</ref><ref>Magnus,  Alv Johan ''Revival And Society. An examination of the Haugean revival and its influence on Norwegian society in the 19th century''.(Magister Thesis in Sociology at the University of Oslo. 1978.)[http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/iss/1978/67496/HNHauge%5B1%5D.pdf]</ref>
+It is ironic that in the Norwegian school system, Hans Nielsen Hauge is hardly mentioned outside religion classes. Three members of the [[Constitution of Norway|constitutional assembly]] in [[Eidsvoll]] belonged to his movement.  Because the preaching of  Hauge coincided with the years during which many [[Norwegians]] were immigrating to America, the [[Haugean]] influence on [[Lutheranism]] in America has been considerable. Within the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]], the [[Hauge Synod]], the [[Eielsen Synod]] and the [[Lutheran Free Church]] were all indications of that influence.<ref>[http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume11/vol11_5.htm ''Norwegian Emigration to America During the Nineteenth Century''  (Semmingsen, Ingrid Gaustad Norwegian-American Historic Association. Volume XI: Page 66)] </ref><ref>[http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/iss/1978/67496/HNHauge%5B1%5D.pdf ''Revival And Society. (Magnus, Alv Johan An examination of the Haugean revival and its influence on Norwegian society in the 19th century'' Magister Thesis in Sociology at the University of Oslo. 1978.)]</ref>
-<ref>Soltvedt, Susanne. ''Hans Nielson Hauge: The Influence of the Hauge Movement on Women of Norway'' (Murphy Library. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Undergraduate Research. 1999)[http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/jur/1999/soltvedt.pdf]</ref>
+<ref>[http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/jur/1999/soltvedt.pdf  ''Hans Nielson Hauge: The Influence of the Hauge Movement on Women of Norway'' (Soltvedt, Susanne. Murphy Library. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Undergraduate Research. 1999)]</ref>
 ==Memorials==
@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 ==Other sources==
-*Aarflot, Andreas. ''Hans Nielsen Hauge, his life and message'' (Augsburg Pubuishing House, Minneapolis, MN. 1979)
+*Aarflot, Andreas. ''Hans Nielsen Hauge, his life and message'' (Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN. 1979)
-*[[Alfred Hauge|Hauge, Alfred]], ''Hans Nielsen Hauge: Guds vandringsmann '' (in Norwegian, Ansgar . 1947)
+*[[Alfred Hauge|Hauge, Alfred]], ''Hans Nielsen Hauge: Guds vandringsmann '' (Ansgar.  1947) ''' Norwegian'''
+*Bang, A. Chr ''Udvalgte Salmer ved Hans Nilsen Hauge''  (Christiania. 1872) ''' Norwegian'''
 ==External links==
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 *[http://www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/New-or-Returning-to-Church/Dig-Deeper/Lutheran-calendar.aspx Evangelical Lutheran Church In America – Church Year  - March 29th ]
 *[http://demo.lutherproductions.com/historytutor/basic/modern/people/hauge.htm Luther Seminary. Lay evangelist and leader of a religious awakening in Norway]
+*[http://gammel.hitos.no/fou_pub/kristendom/hauge.htm  Hans Nielsen Hauge 200-year Jubileum] ''' Norwegian'''
-*[http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=h&word=HAUGE.HANSNIELSEN Christian Cyclopedia; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod]
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