Ludvig Harboe

Ludvig Harboe
Portrait of Ludvig Harboe
Born	16 August 1709(1709-08-16) Broager, Denmark
Died	15 June 1783(1783-06-15) (aged 73) Denmark
Nationality	Danish/Norwegian
Occupation	Priest
Religion	Christian
Denomination	Church of Norway

Ludvig Harboe (1709–1783) was a Danish/Norwegian theologian and bishop.^[1]

Harboe was mostly educated in Germany. He was sent to Iceland in 1741 to inspect the state of the church there on behalf of the Danish church. He initiated some reforms there and while there (in 1743) was appointed to the post of Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros. After returning to Copenhagen in 1745, he was consecrated as Bishop and soon left for Trondheim, the seat of his new diocese. He arrived in Trondheim on 1 July 1746 and served there for two more years before leaving the post and returning to Copenhagen.^[2]

After returning to Copenhagen in 1748, he married Frederikke Louise Hersleb, the daughter of Peder Hersleb, the Bishop of the Diocese of Sjælland. He then worked with his new father-in-law in Denmark, and when Hersleb died in 1757, Harboe was appointed to replace him. He served there until his death in 1783.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Store norske leksikon. "Ludvig Harboe" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Ludvig_Harboe. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
^ Jantzen, A.. "Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VII. Bind. I. Hansen - Holmsted /" (in Danish). pp. 84–87. http://runeberg.org/dbl/7/0086.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

Preceded by Eiler Hagerup	Bishop of Nidaros 1743–1748	Succeeded by Frederik Nannestad
Preceded by Peder Hersleb	Bishop of Sjælland 1757–1783	Succeeded by Nicolai Edinger Balle

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Name	Harboe, Ludvig
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Date of birth	1709
Place of birth	Broager, Denmark
Date of death	1783
Place of death	Denmark