Introduction

Biography

Ulrik was the son of sea cap­tain Paul Scho­ne­vig Stub Kor­en and Hen­ri­ette Christ­iane Rulffs, and hus­band of El­se Eli­sa­beth Hy­sing. After the death of his fa­ther in an earth­quake in Hai­ti in 1842, he lived with his pa­ter­nal un­cle, Lau­ren­ti­us Kor­en, in Sel­ja.

In 1852, he gra­du­at­ed from the Roy­al Fred­er­ick Uni­vers­ity in Os­lo.

Emi­grat­ing to Am­eri­ca, he be­came the first Lu­ther­an min­is­ter from Nor­way to set­tle west of the Mis­sis­sip­pi Riv­er, and served a pas­tor­ate in Wash­ing­ton Prair­ie, Io­wa.

He helped found Lu­ther Col­lege in De­cor­ah, Io­wa, and Lu­ther Sem­in­ary in St. Paul, Min­ne­so­ta.

He was pre­si­dent of the Nor­we­gian Sy­nod from 1894 un­til his death, and has been called the pa­tri­arch of Nor­we­gian-Am­eri­can Lu­ther­ans.

He re­ceived a doc­tor­ate of div­in­ity from Con­cor­dia Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri, in 1903.

The king of Nor­way made Kor­en a Com­mand­er of the Or­der of St. Ol­av for his achieve­ments.

Works

• Synodens Sal­me­bog, 1874