Thorstein Himle (October 11, 1857 – October 18, 1925) was a Norwegian-born American missionary affiliated with the

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Lutheran Hauge Synod Mission to

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Biography

Thorstein Oddson Himle was born in Voss, in Hordaland county, Norway. He was attended the Voss Training College (''Voss lærerskole'') from 1873 to 1875. He then worked as a teacher until 1885. In 1885, Himle emigrated to the United States, received theological training at the

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in Minnesota between 1887 and 1889 and became a Lutheran minister . Having worked as a clergyman in

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, Minnesota for five years he studied at the University of Minnesota during 1894-1895. In 1895, Himle traveled as a missionary to the Hauge Synod mission field for China Missions in the Hubei Province of

. He was in

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until 1903 and then relocated to Xinye in Henan until 1909.''Hauge's Synod Mission'' (R.G. Tiedemann, University of London)
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, where he taught theology at the

from 1912 and then served as pastor of the

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church in California. Late in his career, he was traveling secretary for the Norwegian Lutheran Church's pension fund. He was married three times and widowed twice: first in 1889 with Gidske Sigmundstad (1863–1898), in 1899 to Anna Carlson (1870–1918) and in 1922 to Anna Sigmundstad Haugen (1870–1954).

Selected works

*''Guds Veje Med et gjenstridig Folk: En historisk Beretning'', (1902) *''Hauges Synodes Missionskart'', 1904 *''Utvalgte stykker til husandakt'', (1906) *''Evangeliets Seier: Festdskrift for Hauge Synode Kinamissions 25 Aars Jubilæum'' (1916)

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Himle in Vossabook
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