Thorstein Himle (October 11, 1857 – October 18, 1925)[1] was a Norwegian-born American missionary affiliated with the American Lutheran Hauge Synod Mission to China.
[2] Thorstein Oddson Himle was born in Voss, in Hordaland county, Norway.
In 1885, Himle emigrated to the United States, received theological training at the Red Wing Seminary in Minnesota between 1887 and 1889 and became a Lutheran minister .
[5] He then came back to America, where he taught theology at the Red Wing Seminary from 1912 and then served as pastor of the Santa Rosa church in California.
Late in his career, he was traveling secretary for the Norwegian Lutheran Church's pension fund.