Bible Translators Theologians Claus Lauritz Clausen (November 3, 1820 – February 20, 1892) was an American pioneer Lutheran minister, church leader, military chaplain and politician.
Claus Clausen was born at Borgnæs in Tranderup Parish, on the island of Ærø, in Svendborg County, Denmark.
Ordained in 1843, he organized the first Norwegian Lutheran congregation that came out of the state-church tradition within the Muskego Settlement.
These Norwegian Lutheran endeavors at publishing mark the existence of the first print-shop in Rock County.
Clausen was one of the leading members of a Synod committee appointed to supervise the creation of Luther College during 1857.