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	'''Jacob Tanner''' (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) was a [[Norwegian American]] Lutheran [[Minister (Christianity)\|minister]], educator and religious author.<ref>''Minnesota Death Certificates Index'' (Minnesota Historical Society): ID# 1964-MN-004558, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20150213014008/http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm</ref> He spent most of his life in the [[wikipedia:United States\|United States]] and became a [[wikipedia:Naturalization\|naturalized citizen]].		'''Jacob Tanner''' (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) was a [[wikipedia:Norwegian American\|Norwegian American]] Lutheran [[Minister (Christianity)\|minister]], educator and religious author.<ref>''Minnesota Death Certificates Index'' (Minnesota Historical Society): ID# 1964-MN-004558, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20150213014008/http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm</ref> He spent most of his life in the [[wikipedia:United States\|United States]] and became a [[wikipedia:Naturalization\|naturalized citizen]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	He was born at the farm Leirgrovvik in [[wikipedia:Bolsøy Municipality\|Bolsøy Municipality]] (now [[wikipedia:Molde (town)\|Molde]]), [[wikipedia:Norway\|Norway]], as the eldest son of [[wikipedia:Switzerland\|Swiss]] dairyman Johannes Tanner (a [[wikipedia:Zwinglian\|Zwinglian]]) and [[wikipedia:Native-born citizen\|native]] farmer's daughter Anne Birgitte (née Innholm), who taught her children how to read and instructed them in the [[Luther's Small Catechism\|Catechism]].<ref>Kjell Ove Nybø Hattrem, "J. Tanner og hans familie" (in ''Årsskrift'', Romsdal sogelag, Molde 1995, ISSN 0333-1008)</ref> Jacob was [[Confirmation\|confirmed]] 24 April 1881, receiving high grades.<ref>[[wikipedia:Regional State Archives of Trondheim\|Regional State Archives of Trondheim]]: Molde, parish register, 1873–86 (558 A05): p. 99, #2, http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6422&idx_id=6422&uid=ny&idx_side=-89</ref> He was educated in [[wikipedia:Molde (town)\|Molde]] and [[wikipedia:Oslo\|Kristiania]], and became a theologian in 1892.<ref>Hattrem, "Professor Jacob Tanner forteller fra si ungdomstid i Molde" (in ''Årsskrift'' 1997, {{ISBN\|82-90169-51-5}})</ref> At 27 years of age, he departed from the port of [[wikipedia:Kristiansand (town)\|Kristiansand]], arriving in [[wikipedia:New York City\|New York City, USA]], on 19 May 1893.<ref>Jacob Tanner: passenger record (The Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation) http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=16227418720156843072&pID=103703050101</ref>		He was born at the farm Leirgrovvik in [[wikipedia:Bolsøy Municipality\|Bolsøy Municipality]] (now [[wikipedia:Molde (town)\|Molde]]), [[wikipedia:Norway\|Norway]], as the eldest son of [[wikipedia:Switzerland\|Swiss]] dairyman Johannes Tanner (a [[wikipedia:Zwinglian\|Zwinglian]]) and [[wikipedia:Native-born citizen\|native]] farmer's daughter Anne Birgitte (née Innholm), who taught her children how to read and instructed them in the [[Luther's Small Catechism\|Catechism]].<ref>Kjell Ove Nybø Hattrem, "J. Tanner og hans familie" (in ''Årsskrift'', Romsdal sogelag, Molde 1995, ISSN 0333-1008)</ref> Jacob was [[Confirmation\|confirmed]] 24 April 1881, receiving high grades.<ref>[[wikipedia:Regional State Archives of Trondheim\|Regional State Archives of Trondheim]]: Molde, parish register, 1873–86 (558 A05): p. 99, #2, http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6422&idx_id=6422&uid=ny&idx_side=-89</ref> He was educated in [[wikipedia:Molde (town)\|Molde]] and [[wikipedia:Oslo\|Kristiania]], and became a theologian in 1892.<ref>Hattrem, "Professor Jacob Tanner forteller fra si ungdomstid i Molde" (in ''Årsskrift'' 1997, {{ISBN\|82-90169-51-5}})</ref> At 27 years of age, he departed from the port of [[wikipedia:Kristiansand (town)\|Kristiansand]], arriving in [[wikipedia:New York City\|New York City, USA]], on 19 May 1893.<ref>Jacob Tanner: passenger record (The Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation) http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=16227418720156843072&pID=103703050101</ref>

	Jacob served as [[pastor]] for congregations in [[wikipedia:Iowa\|Iowa]] and [[wikipedia:New York (state)\|New York]], and taught at [[wikipedia:Concordia College (Moorhead)\|Concordia College]] in [[wikipedia:Moorhead, Minnesota\|Moorhead, Minnesota]] from 1916 to 24.<ref>Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson (eds.), ''Christian Cyclopedia'' (Internet version, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod): Jacob Tanner, http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071913/http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB \|date=2009-05-09 }}</ref> In 1924 Tanner became the editor of ''Lutheraneren'' – the [[Norwegian language\|Norwegian-language]] organ of the [[Norwegian Lutheran Church of America\|NLCA]], where he also served on the Board of Elementary Christian Education. From 1925 to 38, Tanner was a professor of theology at [[Luther Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Saint Paul, Minnesota\|Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. He assembled a collection of [[Luther's Small Catechism\|small catechisms]] in translations from around the world, and the Jacob Tanner Catechism Collection forms part of the special collections in the Luther Seminary Library.<ref>"Special Collections" (Luther Seminary) http://www.luthersem.edu/Library/special_collections.asp</ref>		Jacob served as [[pastor]] for congregations in [[wikipedia:Iowa\|Iowa]] and [[wikipedia:New York (state)\|New York]], and taught at [[wikipedia:Concordia College (Moorhead)\|Concordia College]] in [[wikipedia:Moorhead, Minnesota\|Moorhead, Minnesota]] from 1916 to 24.<ref>Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson (eds.), ''Christian Cyclopedia'' (Internet version, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod): Jacob Tanner, http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071913/http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB \|date=2009-05-09 }}</ref> In 1924 Tanner became the editor of ''Lutheraneren'' – the [[wikipedia:Norwegian language\|Norwegian-language]] organ of the [[Norwegian Lutheran Church of America\|NLCA]], where he also served on the Board of Elementary Christian Education. From 1925 to 38, Tanner was a professor of theology at [[Luther Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Saint Paul, Minnesota\|Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. He assembled a collection of [[Luther's Small Catechism\|small catechisms]] in translations from around the world, and the Jacob Tanner Catechism Collection forms part of the special collections in the Luther Seminary Library.<ref>"Special Collections" (Luther Seminary) http://www.luthersem.edu/Library/special_collections.asp</ref>

	After retiring, he taught theology as [[wikipedia:professor emeritus\|professor emeritus]] of Iowa's [[wikipedia:Waldorf College\|Waldorf College]], whose Tanner Hall is named for him.<ref>http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls https://web.archive.org/web/20100617094702/http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls</ref>		After retiring, he taught theology as [[wikipedia:professor emeritus\|professor emeritus]] of Iowa's [[wikipedia:Waldorf College\|Waldorf College]], whose Tanner Hall is named for him.<ref>http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls https://web.archive.org/web/20100617094702/http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls</ref>

	He married Ingeborg Sophie Aarøe in April 1893. They had five children. Jacob Tanner dictated his [[autobiography]] in 1960. He died at 98 years of age in a nursing home in [[Minnesota]].		He married Ingeborg Sophie Aarøe in April 1893. They had five children. Jacob Tanner dictated his [[wikipedia:autobiography\|autobiography]] in 1960. He died at 98 years of age in a nursing home in [[wikipedia:Minnesota\|Minnesota]].

	==Selected works==		==Selected works==

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'''Jacob Tanner''' (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) was a [[Norwegian American]] Lutheran [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], educator and religious author.<ref>''Minnesota Death Certificates Index'' (Minnesota Historical Society): ID# 1964-MN-004558, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20150213014008/http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm</ref> He spent most of his life in the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] and became a [[wikipedia:Naturalization|naturalized citizen]].

==Biography==
He was born at the farm Leirgrovvik in [[wikipedia:Bolsøy Municipality|Bolsøy Municipality]] (now [[wikipedia:Molde (town)|Molde]]), [[wikipedia:Norway|Norway]], as the eldest son of [[wikipedia:Switzerland|Swiss]] dairyman Johannes Tanner (a [[wikipedia:Zwinglian|Zwinglian]]) and [[wikipedia:Native-born citizen|native]] farmer's daughter Anne Birgitte (née Innholm), who taught her children how to read and instructed them in the [[Luther's Small Catechism|Catechism]].<ref>Kjell Ove Nybø Hattrem, "J. Tanner og hans familie" (in ''Årsskrift'', Romsdal sogelag, Molde 1995, ISSN 0333-1008)</ref> Jacob was [[Confirmation|confirmed]] 24 April 1881, receiving high grades.<ref>[[wikipedia:Regional State Archives of Trondheim|Regional State Archives of Trondheim]]: Molde, parish register, 1873–86 (558 A05): p. 99, #2, http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=6422&idx_id=6422&uid=ny&idx_side=-89</ref> He was educated in [[wikipedia:Molde (town)|Molde]] and [[wikipedia:Oslo|Kristiania]], and became a theologian in 1892.<ref>Hattrem, "Professor Jacob Tanner forteller fra si ungdomstid i Molde" (in ''Årsskrift'' 1997, {{ISBN|82-90169-51-5}})</ref> At 27 years of age, he departed from the port of [[wikipedia:Kristiansand (town)|Kristiansand]], arriving in [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City, USA]], on 19 May 1893.<ref>Jacob Tanner: passenger record (The Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island Foundation) http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=16227418720156843072&pID=103703050101</ref>

Jacob served as [[pastor]] for congregations in [[wikipedia:Iowa|Iowa]] and [[wikipedia:New York (state)|New York]], and taught at [[wikipedia:Concordia College (Moorhead)|Concordia College]] in [[wikipedia:Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead, Minnesota]] from 1916 to 24.<ref>Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson (eds.), ''Christian Cyclopedia'' (Internet version, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod): Jacob Tanner, http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509071913/http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=T&word=TANNER.JACOB |date=2009-05-09 }}</ref> In 1924 Tanner became the editor of ''Lutheraneren'' – the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian-language]] organ of the [[Norwegian Lutheran Church of America|NLCA]], where he also served on the Board of Elementary Christian Education. From 1925 to 38, Tanner was a professor of theology at [[Luther Seminary]] in [[wikipedia:Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. He assembled a collection of [[Luther's Small Catechism|small catechisms]] in translations from around the world, and the Jacob Tanner Catechism Collection forms part of the special collections in the Luther Seminary Library.<ref>"Special Collections" (Luther Seminary) http://www.luthersem.edu/Library/special_collections.asp</ref>

After retiring, he taught theology as [[wikipedia:professor emeritus|professor emeritus]] of Iowa's [[wikipedia:Waldorf College|Waldorf College]], whose Tanner Hall is named for him.<ref>http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls https://web.archive.org/web/20100617094702/http://www.waldorf.edu/Residential/Current-Students/Residence-Life/Residence-Halls</ref>

He married Ingeborg Sophie Aarøe in April 1893. They had five children. Jacob Tanner dictated his [[autobiography]] in 1960. He died at 98 years of age in a nursing home in [[Minnesota]].

==Selected works==
He published several books on the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] faith. Some of his works are translated into other languages, including [[wikipedia:Chinese language|Chinese]].
*''Ten Studies in the Catechism'' (1927)
*''Ten Studies on the Child'' (1929)
*''Ten Studies in Church Doctrines'' (1930)
*''Ten Studies in Religious Pedagogy'' (1932)
*''Ten Studies in Biblical History'' (1935)
*''The Senior Confirmation Book'' (1941)
*''The Junior Confirmation Book'' (1943)
*''Atonement and Forgiveness: a Re-Orientation'' (1948)
*''Ten Studies in the Creed'' (1950)
*''Exploring God's Word: a Study Guide to Bible Teachings'' (1950)

==Literature==
*E. Clifford Nelson, Eugene L. Fevold, ''The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church'' (Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis 1960, ISBN B0007E9B54)

==References==

[[Category:1865 births]]
[[Category:1964 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Molde]]
[[Category:Norwegian people of Swiss descent]]
[[Category:American religious writers]]
[[Category:19th-century American Lutheran clergy]]
[[Category:Norwegian emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Waldorf University]]
[[Category:20th-century American Lutheran clergy]]