Bernt B. Haugan

Bernt B. Haugan (1862 - ??) was an American minister, politician, and temperance leader. Haugan had emigrated from Norway as a child and was educated in the United States. He attended Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota, the educational center and preparatory school of the Hauge Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . Haugan was ordained a Lutheran Minister and served out his pastorate within the Hauge Synod. Members of the Hauge Synod were a group of Norwegian-American Lutherans who followed the principles of revivalist Norwegian lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge.

From 1904 to 1907, Haugan was co-owner and publisher of the Norwegian language newspaper "Vot tid" which was published in Minneapolis. Haugan also wrote and published several Norwegian language prayer books. His most notable work was a hymnal entitled Vaegterrøsten. Musik til Sange i Vaeteren og andre gode Sange published in Chicago during 1887. Haugan also published a volume of temperance songs in a book entitled Kamp melodier ('Battle Melodies'). In 1900, Haugan ran for the office of Governor of Minnesota as a candidate for the Prohibition Party.

Works

• Et Beføg hos Presten ("A Visit to the Minister". Faribault, Minn: O. A. Ostby, 1895.)
• Over land og Bolge, Reiseskildringer fra Orienten og de Europeiske lande ("Over Land and Billow: Travel Narratives from the Orient and Europe". Minneapolis, Minn: Ungdommens Ven, 1897)
• De Syv Djævle ("The Seven Demons". Chicago, Illinois: Fremad , 1901)

External links

• "Norwegian American Historic Association"
• "Norwegian Lutheran Pastors of America, 1843-1927"
• "The Promise of America"
• "Political Graveyard"

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