Nationality Danish/Norwegian Religion Christian Name Ludvig Harboe | Occupation Priest Denomination Church of Norway Died June 15, 1783, Denmark | |
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Born 16 August 1709 ( 1709-08-16 ) Broager, Denmark Similar People Anne Dorte of Rosenborg, Herluf Trolle, Caspar Bartholin the Youn, Valdemar Rordam, Hallgrimur Petursson | ||
Ludvig Harboe (16 August 1709 – 15 June 1783) was a Danish/Norwegian theologian and bishop.
Harboe was mostly educated in Germany. He was sent to Iceland in 1741 to inspect the state of the church there on behalf of the Danish church. He initiated some reforms there and while there (in 1743) was appointed to the post of Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros. After returning to Copenhagen in 1745, he was consecrated as Bishop and soon left for Trondheim, the seat of his new diocese. He arrived in Trondheim on 1 July 1746 and served there for two more years before leaving the post and returning to Copenhagen.
After returning to Copenhagen in 1748, he married Frederikke Louise Hersleb, the daughter of Peder Hersleb, the Bishop of the Diocese of Sjaelland. He then worked with his new father-in-law in Denmark, and when Hersleb died in 1757, Harboe was appointed to replace him. He served there until his death in 1783.