Anders Hovden

Anders Hovden was a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman, hymnwriter poet and author.

Anders Karlsen Hovden was born at rsta in Mre og Romsdal, Norway. His parents were Karl Rasmussen Hovden and Johanne Andersdatter Velle. His father died when he was 16, but fellow rsta native Ivar Aasen helped him get an education first the teachers training college in Volda, then examen artium at the University of Oslo. Hovden became cand.theol. in 1886 and then worked some years as a teacher. From 1891 he was a Lutheran minister in Lista, Son, Sande, Vanse, Krdsherad, Melhus and stre Toten.

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