Jens Lauritz Arup

Jens Lauritz Arup (20 April 1793 – 9 April 1874) was a Norwegian bishop and politician.[1]

Jens Lauritz Arup
Church of Norway
Diocese	Kristiania
Installed	1846
Term ended	1874
Predecessor	Christian Sørenssen
Successor	Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop
Orders
Ordination	1818
Personal details
Born	(1793-04-20)20 April 1793 Kristiansand
Died	4 September 1874(1874-09-04) (aged 81) Kristiania
Buried	Gamlebyen gravlund in Kristiania
Nationality	Norwegian
Denomination	Lutheranism
Parents	Thorkild A. Arup Elen Dorthea Dokkedal
Spouse	Didrikke Cappelen (1794-1833) Louise Jacobine Juliane Cappelen (1811-1842)
Children	Didrik Arup (1835-1885)
Alma mater	Royal Frederick University

He was born at Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. His father was a sexton and a school teacher. In 1811 Arup was sent to Copenhagen to study, but had to end his studies due to lack of funds. After returning to Norway he worked for a while as a teacher, until he could take his theological exam at the Royal Frederick University (now University of Oslo).[2] In the following years he worked in Ullensaker, Drammen and Bragernes. He was made Bishop of Kristiania in 1846, and remained in the position until 1874.[3]

Arup was also involved in politics, and in 1836 he was elected into the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) for Drammen constituency, where he was reelected in 1839, 1842 and 1845.[4] He was later appointed temporarily councillor of state in interim for the Norwegian government in Sweden in the years 1852–53, 1857 and 1861. In 1860, Arup crowned Charles XV of Sweden king of Norway at Nidarosdomen in Trondeim.[2][5]

Both as a bishop and a politician he was a proponent of religious toleration for Protestant dissenters, and helped pass legislation towards this goal in 1845.[4] He was also in favour of greater liberty from the state for the Norwegian church.[2]

References

1. "Jens Lauritz Arup". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. Oftestad, Bernt. "Jens Lauritz Arup". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
3. "Biskopene i Den norske kirke 1537-2009" (in Norwegian). Church of Norway. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
4. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Jens Lauritz Arup". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
5. "Det norske statsråd 1814-: III Personer 1814-". Government.no. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

Religious titles
Preceded by Christian Sørenssen	Bishop of Kristiania 1846–1874	Succeeded by Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop