Background
Koren, Ulrik Vilhelm was born on December 22, 1826 in Bergen, Norway. Son of Paul Skonevik Stub Koren and Henriette Christiane (Rulffs) Koren.
Koren, Ulrik Vilhelm was born on December 22, 1826 in Bergen, Norway. Son of Paul Skonevik Stub Koren and Henriette Christiane (Rulffs) Koren.
Graduate Cathedral School, Bergen, 1844, university at Christiania, 1852. (Doctor of Divinity, Concordia Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, 1903).
Ordained Lutheran ministry at Christiania, 1853. Came to America, 1853, and since pastor near Decorah, Iowa.
Member Church Council, Synod Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, since 1861.
Married Else Elisabeth Hysing, of Laurvik, Norway, August 18, 1853.