Henrik Greve Hille (1 October 1881 – 31 May 1946) was a Norwegian clergyman. He served as Bishop of the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner in Viken county. Administratively, the diocese is divided ...

from 1934 to 1942 and again from 1945 until 1946.

Biography

He was born at Vang in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...

, Norway. He was the son of

Arnoldus Hille Arnoldus Marius Hille (14 March 1829 – 7 January 1919) was a Norwegian Lutheran Bishop. Biography Hille was born at Leikanger in Nordre Bergenhus, Norway. He was the son of Wollert Krohn Hille (1796-1860) and Elisabeth Marie Hess Lem (179 ...

and Charlotte Sofie Sandberg (1832-1875). His father served as bishop in the

from 1887 to 1906. He became

cand.theol. Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...

in 1905. Hille worked as a teacher at Frogner School in

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(now Oslo) from 1906 to 1913. He became an assistant priest at

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during 1913. In 1918 he became a parish priest at Varteig Church (''Varteig Kirke'') in

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

. From 1926 to 1931 he was the resident chaplain at

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. He served as bishop at the

from 1934 to 1942. During the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

, he was expelled by the Nazi officials in December 1942 and was arrested in 1944. He was returned to the position as bishop after the liberation of Norway in 1945 and died the following year. He was buried at

Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kre ...

in Oslo.

Personal life

Henrik Hille was married to Ragna Erna Bjerke (1894-1990). They were the parents of Arnoldus Marius Hille (born 1919) who became professor at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

, Harald Hille (born 1921) who became an architect and Georg Hille (born 1923) who became bishop in Hamar from 1975 to 1993.

References

1881 births 1946 deaths People from Hedmark 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Bishops of Hamar Norwegian people of World War II Burials at Vestre gravlund {{norway-reli-bio-stub