Olav Hodne

Olav Hodne (June 16, 1921 – October 29, 2009) was a Norwegian humanitarian and missionary, affiliated with the Norwegian Santal Mission.[1]

Olav Hodne

Biography

Hodne was born at Lindås in Hordaland, Norway. He was raised in Bergen where he took his examen artium in 1941. He attended a missionary school in Stavanger from which he graduated in 1946. He was then employed by the Norwegian Santal Mission (Den norske Santalmisjon) and sent to India in 1948.[2]

In 1972, he became the founder and director of initially the Cooch Behar Refugee Service extended to support refugees during the Bangladesh War of Independence. Following the war, Olav Hodne was instrumental in the founding of Rangpur Dinapur Relief Service. The organization was created in order to give aid to the refugees returning to the Rangpur District and Dinajpur District of northwest Bangladesh. This evolved into a rehabilitation, then a large and progressive development programme RDRS Bangladesh, Bangladesh. He was also instrumental in founding the Lutheran World Federation programmes in India (1974).[3] [4]

Honors

Hodne received an Honorary Doctorate in Theology from the University of Oslo in 1967. In 1976, he received the Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In 1983 he was appointed Commander of the Order of St. Olav. He was awarded the Wittenberg Award in 2005 by the Luther Institute for his outstanding service to church and society.[5] [6]

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Selected works
  • The Seed Bore Fruit: A Short History of the Santal Mission of the Northern Churches 1867-1967 (1967)
  • Oppreisning: misjonæren og vitenskapsmannen Paul Olav Bodding 1865-1938 (2006)
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References
  1. "Olav Hodne". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe. "Den norske Santalmisjon". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. "Cooch Behar Refugee Service". Lutheran World Service India Trust. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. Per Voksø. "Olav Hodne". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  5. "RDRS founder-Director Olav Hodne awarded Wittenberg Award". RDRS Bangladesh. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  6. Daniel Pinheiro Harbo (29 October 2009). "Misjonæren Olav Hodne er død". VG Nett. Retrieved February 1, 2018.


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