Hans Andreas Svendsen

    Trinity Dates: 1925 - 1929

    Born: 15 February 1884 in Staplehurst, Nebraska.

    Parents: Niels Andreas Rasesund Svendsen and Johanne Julianna Brogard.

    Died: 1 November 1976 Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota.

    Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minnesota.

    Married: Mary Krosgaard Petersen on 23 May 1906 in Minden, Nebraska.

    Ordained: 13 June 1915 in Luck, Wisconsin by Rev. G.B. Christiansen.

    Dates and places of service:

    1912 Dana College, Blair, Nebraska.
    1912 - 1915 Trinity Seminary, Blair, Nebraska.
    1915 - 1925 Pastor at Jacksonville, Iowa.
    1925 - 1929 Pastor at Our Savior's Lutheran, Owatonna, Minnesota; Dania Danish Lutheran at East Prairie near Owatonna, Minnesota; Brorson Danish Ev. Lutheran of Blooming Prairie; and Saint Ansgar Danish Ev. Lutheran in Summit Township, Steele County, Minnesota.
    1929 - 1941 President of the Minnesota District Of the United Danish Ev. Lutheran Church.
    1929 - 1942 Pastor at Danish Lutheran, Hutchinson, Minnesota.
    1942 - 1947 Pastor at Hofva Lutheran and Lund Lutheran, Luverne, North Dakota.
    1947 - 1956 Pastor at Emmaus Lutheran, Eugene, Oregon.
    1957 - 1961 Visitation pastor at Faith Lutheran in Hutchinson, Minnesota.



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