Hans Nilsen Hauge (3 November 1853 – 17 December 1931) was a Norwegian priest and politician for Norway's Conservative Party.
Knudsen was born in Nord-Audnedal,[1] and was the grandson of the revivalist lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge and son of priest Andreas Hauge.
He was acting vicar in Brevik from January to July 1879,[1] and then worked in Skien until 1887, except for the years 1881 to 1886 when he was a sailors' padre in North Shields.
[2] On 22 October 1903, when the second cabinet Hagerup assumed office, Hauge was appointed Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs.
The cabinet resigned on 10 March 1905 as a part of the build-up for the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden; Hauge did not retain the job.