Finn Moestue Husebye

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Finn Moestue Husebye
Born(1905-05-11)11 May 1905
Died2001 (aged 95–96)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPriest
AwardsOrder of St. Olav (1945)

Finn Moestue Huseby (11 May 1905 – 2001) was a Norwegian priest. He graduated as a Candidate of Theology in 1930. He worked as seamen's priest in New Orleans from 1931 to 1934, in Antwerp from 1935 to 1936, and in Hamburg from 1936 to 1942.[1] He had to leave Germany because of a conflict with Nazi-friendly Norwegians in Germany, and assistant priest Arne Berge took over after him as the seamen's priest in Hamburg.[2] He was parish priest in Brandbu from 1946.[1]

Huseby was decorated Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1945, for his work for prisoners in Germany during the Second World War.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 488.
  2. ^ Hjeltnes, Guri (1995). "Sjømannsprestene i Hamburg". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 381. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2009.