Henrik Nicolai Clausen (22 April 1793 – 28 March 1877) was a

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and

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politician.

Earky life and education

Henrik Nicolai Clausen was born on the island of Lolland, the son of resident chaplin and later provost H. G. Clausen (1759-1840) og Sophia M. Schiern (1769-1817). He was the elder brother of theologian Emil Theodor Clausen (1802-1851). The family moved to Copenhagen when he was four years old. He graduated from the Metropolitan School in 1809. Clausen became a student in 1809 and a candidate in theology in 1813. He win the university's gold medal for ''Fremstilling og Bedømmelse af Apologeternes Beviser for Kristendommen imod hedenske og jødiske Modstandere'' in 1815. and became a doctor of philosophy in 1817.

Career

From 1820 he held a professorial chair in theology at the

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where his theological

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influenced Magnús Eiríksson and was one of the instructors of Søren Kierkegaard . He wrote, besides other works, ''Romanism and Protestantism'' (1825); ''Popular Discourses on the Reformation'' (1836); a commentary on the synoptical Gospels, and ''Christian Dogmatics'' (1867). In 1840 he was chosen a deputy to the States, and near the end of 1848 was appointed a member of the

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. Died 28 March 1877. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, of the

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from 1849 to 1853 and of the Landsting from 1853 to 1863.Skou, Kaare R. (2005). ''Dansk politik A-Å'' . Aschehoug, p. 150. .

Personal life

Clausen married on 8 Secember 1821 in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen Birgitte Francisca Swane (1797-1875), daughter of brewer and timber merchant Hans Swane (1753-1803) and Johanne Marie Gad (1767-1842). They were the parents of the theologian Johannes Clausen (1830-1905). He died on 27 March 1877 and is buried in Copenhagen's

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Awards and commemoration

Henrick Nikoli Clausen - Copenhagen University - Ceremonial Building - Copenhagen

Clausen was creqated a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1836 and a Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1850. Ge was awarded the Cross of Honour in 1869 and the Grand Cross in 1871. A portrait painting of him by C. A. Jensen (1827) and another one by

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are in the collection of the Museum of National History at

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's group portrait painting of ''

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'' ( Christiansborg Palace).

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(1858, Danish National Gallery) and

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(1865) have both created portrait busts of him. An enlarged version of Bissen's portrait bust created by his son

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was installed in front of the

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in 1878. H. N. Clausens Gade in Aarhus is named after him.

References

External links

* Books on Archive.or
''Henrik Nicolai Clausen''
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