Sara Oust (15 March 1778 – 25 October 1822) was a Norwegian lay minister and follower of Hans Nielsen Hauge.
[1] She became active in the movement herself, subsequently preaching in Trøndelag between 1799 and 1805 alongside another female lay minister, Randi Hevle from Drivdalen in Sør-Trøndelag, and later Kirsten Fossen from the parish of Kvikne.
[3] Under the Conventicle Act of 1741, Norwegian citizens at the time did not have the right to religious assembly without a Church of Norway minister present.
She successfully defended a collective of Haugeans from the local authorities, who gave up their attempts to implement the law after having seen she had too much support from the community.
The scriptwriter and director was Rolf Norsen; others included composer Tone Hulbækmo, and actress Ingunn Løvold.