Mons O. Wee

Background

Wee, Mons O. was born on May 13, 1871 in Norway. Son of Ole Monsen and Marie M. Wee.

Education

Came to the United States, 1891, naturalized citizen, 1898. Student Red Wing (Minnesota) Seminary, 1892-1898. University of Edinburgh, summer, 1910.

Doctor of Divinity, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1933.

Career

Ordained Norwegian Lutheran ministry, 1898. Pastor Dell Rapids, S. Dak., 1900-1904, Jackson, Minnesota, 1905-1908. Professor of theology, Red Wing (Minnesota) Seminary, 1908-1917.

Professor theology and librarian. Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, since 1917. Editor Tidsskrift, 1912-1917.

Editor Kurdistan Missionary (monthly), 1917-1924, also Norsk Ungdom, monthly (Norwegian), 1922-1925. Author: Haugeanism (book in English), 1918. Urgent Needs of Our Times, 1923.

Hvem er Jesus (Who is Jesus), 1925. Moses, 1927; Shall I Live Forever, 1932. Men Who Knew God, 1933.

President Federation of Y.P. Socs. of Norse Young Peoples of America. Vice president Lutheran Orient Mission Society. Tour of inspection to the mission field in Persia, 1899-1900.

Author or editor various works in the Norwegian and English. Editor-in-chief Fra Pioner Prestenes Saga. President Minnesota Leif Erikson Monument Association Address: Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Nelson, 1900. Children: Ruth, Morris, Margaret, Luther.

Father:

Ole Monsen

Mother:

Marie M. Wee

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Nelson

child:

Margaret Wee

child:

Morris Wee

child:

Luther Wee

child:

Ruth Wee