Career
Dagfinn Hauge was known for his work during World World War II, when he was assigned at the prison at the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. He ministered to a number of prisoners who were sentenced to death during the Nazi occupation. After the end of World World War II and of the Nazi occupation of Norway, Hauge wrote a book in which he described his experiences ministering to condemned prisoners.
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Hauge was also secretary general of the Norwegian Christian youth league (1948–1954). He served as editor of Luthersk Kirketidende, published by Luther Foundation (1954–1962). Dagfinn Hauge was a minister at Vestre Aker in Oslo from 1959 to 1962.
He then served as the bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg from 1962 to 1978.
