Hans Nielsen Hauge Ording (17 August 1884 – 18 February 1952) was a Norwegian theologian.

Biography

He was born in

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as a son of

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Theodor Ording (1837–1908) and Johanne Gabrielle Gustava Andrea Hauge (1851–90). He was a grandson of

Andreas Hauge Andreas Hauge (12 December 1815 – 13 January 1892) was a Norwegian priest, educator, editor and hymn writer. He also served as a representative in the Norwegian Parliament. Biography He was born in Aker in Akershus, Norway. He was the sole surv ...

, and great-grandson of

Hans Nielsen Hauge Hans Nielsen Hauge (3 April 1771 – 29 March 1824) was a 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran lay minister, spiritual leader, business entrepreneur, social reformer and author. He led a noted Pietism revival known as the Haugean movement. Hauge is also ...

. He was also a first cousin of

Johannes Ording Johannes Ording (19 January 1869 – 25 January 1929) was a Norwegian theologian. He served as a professor of systematic theology at the University of Oslo, Royal Frederick University from 1906 to 1926, and his appointment caused a stir because so ...

and

Fredrik Ording Fredrik Christian Wildhagen Ording (6 April 1870 – 2 February 1929) was a Norwegian educator, writer and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Drammen as a son of rector Jørgen Frederik Ording (1832–1888) and Mar ...

, and thus a first cousin once removed of actor

Jørn Ording Jørn Ording (21 February 1916 – 11 March 2001) was a Norwegian actor, theatre instructor and screenwriter. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Jørgen Fredrik Ording (1880–1930). He was also a nephew of Fredrik and Johannes Ording, a firs ...

, politician

Aake Anker Ording Aake Anker Ording (18 December 1899 – 1979) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for Mot Dag and the Labour Party. He was born in Halden. He was a second cousin of actor Jørn Ording and historian and politician Arne Ording, and a first ...

and historian and politician

Arne Ording Arne Ording (7 May 1898 – 26 July 1967) was a Norwegian historian and politician for ''Mot Dag'' and the Labour Party. Pre-war life and career Ording was born in Kristiania as a son of theology professor Johannes Ording (1869–1929) and Fredr ...

. He took the

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at Kristiania Cathedral School in 1902, and the

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degree in 1909. He worked in

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and

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before being hired as a priest for Norwegians in Berlin in 1914. He married German citizen Annelise Fechter (1890–1984) in December 1916. In the same year he was appointed as a research fellow at the

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. He finished the thesis ''Untersuchungen über Entwicklungslehre und Teleologi'' in 1921, which earned him the Dr. Theol. degree in 1922. After this he was a

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from 1922 to 1928, curate in

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from 1928 to 1935 and

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in Frogner from 1935 to 1939. In 1939 he was appointed as professor at the

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, a position which had been vacant for a year, in waiting of Ording to finish the book ''Dogmatisk metode''. In addition to his thesis and ''Dogmatisk metode'', his most important work was ''Estetikk og kristendom'' (1929). He later co-published the works of his great-grandfather, ''Hans Nielsens Hauges Skrifter'', in eight volumes between 1947 and 1954. He died in February 1952 in Oslo, before the last volume had been published.

Selected works

*''Untersuchungen über Entwicklungslehre und Teleologie'' (Berlin: Trowitzsch) 1921 *''Estetikk og kristendom'' (Oslo: Aschehoug) 1929 *''Dogmatisk metode'' (Oslo: Gyldendal) 1939 *''For tro og tanke'' (Oslo: Aschehoug) 1950

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ording, Hans 1884 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian theologians University of Oslo faculty Norwegian expatriates in Germany People from Skien 20th-century Protestant theologians