Christopher Borgersen Hoen (26 August 1767 – 17 May 1845) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. Christopher Hoen was born on the Vølstad farm in

Øvre Eiker Øvre Eiker is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipal ...

in the county of

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, Norway. In 1791, he acquired the Hoen farm (''Nedre Hoen i Øvre Eiker''). Christopher Hoen became one of the richest and most influential farmers in the area. Hoen was also a prominent

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and supporter of revivalist and lay minister

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 als ...

. His farm became the center of a large circle of Haugeans in Eiker. In 1797 he held a prayer meeting for the local farmers together with Hans Nilsen Hauge. The parish priest demanded that the assembly had to be dissolved. The Conventicle Act of 1741 () prohibited any religious meetings without parish priest approval. The meeting resulted in an attempt to arrest both men. The farmers created a diversion while Hoen and Hauge both escaped. Hoen enjoyed a great reputation and was well-trusted. During the emergency war years 1807–1808, he was entrusted with the distribution of moss-like grain surrogate for the poor, and he managed the Eiker granary from 1810 to 1824. He represented

at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian ''Grunnlovsforsamlingen'', also known as ''Riksforsamlingen'') is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised t ...

Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet. General information ...

in 1814, together with Frederik Schmidt who was vicar of

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and Johan Collett who was County Governor of Buskerud. His son Borger Christophersen Hoen inherited the Hoen farm and later served in the

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as a representative from

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1767 births 1845 deaths People from Øvre Eiker Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Norwegian farmers Buskerud politicians {{Norway-politician-1760s-stub

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