Hans Christian Heg
200 Norwegians4 Heinä 2025

Hans Christian Heg

In the ninth episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll discover the legacy of a Norwegian abolitionist, Hans Christian Heg.

Heg was only eleven when he boarded the ship that carried his family across the Atlantic. The Heg family were Haugeans, part of a Norwegian lay movement that defied the religious monopoly of the state church. In Muskego, Wisconsin, they carved out a new life as farmers, publishers, and political pioneers.

Heg didn’t live to grow old, but his contributions to Norwegian America—and the country at large—were many. In this episode, you’ll follow his journey from gold miner in California to groundbreaking prison reformer and committed abolitionist. You’ll hear why he became a leading figure among Norwegian Americans when the Civil War erupted, and why his sacrifice on the battlefield mattered. And we’ll talk about the irony that, in the summer of 2020, his statue was toppled by protesters who likely never knew what he stood for.

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