Summary
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.
Hans Nilsen Hauge | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1895 – 31 December 1900 | |
| Constituency | Vestfold |
| Minister of Education and Church Affairs | |
| In office 22 October 1903 – 11 March 1905 | |
| Prime Minister | Francis Hagerup |
| Preceded by | Vilhelm Wexelsen |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Knudsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1853 Nord-Audnedal, Vest-Agder, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 17 December 1931 (aged 78) Botne, Vestfold, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Profession | Priest |
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]