Hans Christen Mamen (20 April 1919 – 14 October 2009) was a Norwegian resistance member, local historian, priest and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

Biography

He hailed from the farm Vogellund in Asker. He started studies at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, and was a volunteer in the Winter War. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he became involved in the Norwegian resistance movement and had to flee to Sweden. He continued his education and graduated from Uppsala University. He was a courier for the Norwegian legation in Stockholm's department IV from 1944, and was a border pilot for Jews who fled across the

Norway-Sweden border Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway ( sv, Svensk-norska unionen; no, Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden ...

. For this he was declared as a Righteous among the Nations. After the war he returned to the MF Norwegian School of Theology and took the practical-theological education in 1946. He was a hospital priest at

Dikemark Hospital Dikemark Hospital is a psychiatric hospital with 170 patients in Asker, Norway. The hospital was owned and managed by the municipality of Oslo but has been a part of Ullevål hospital since 2001. It was opened in 1905, when the city council of Chr ...

from 1948 to 1969, and vicar in Oppegård from 1970 to 1978. From 1978 to 1988 he was the vicar in Ås besides being the dean in Follo. He was a member of Asker municipal council from 1948 to 1951, representing the Christian Democratic Party. A prolific local history writer, he also co-founded Asker og Bærum Historical Association, and is an honorary member both here and in Follo Historical Association. He was also active in the

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, and in

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. He died in October 2009 in Asker.

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Hans Chr. Mamen
– his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamen, Hans Christen 1919 births 2009 deaths People from Asker Volunteers in the Winter War Norwegian resistance members Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian Righteous Among the Nations MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni Uppsala University alumni Norwegian priest-politicians Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Asker politicians