Step into the untold story behind one of Norway’s greatest spiritual awakenings.

The Wife of Hans Nielsen Hauge reveals the life of Ingeborg of Gjerpen, the quiet but powerful woman who stood beside Hans Nielsen Hauge, Norway’s famous lay preacher, reformer, and revival leader. While Hauge’s name is well known in Norwegian history, this book uncovers the strength, faith, sacrifice, and resilience of the wife whose hidden influence helped shape his household, his son Andreas, and the family legacy that followed.

From the rural landscapes of Gjerpen and Skien to the bustling life of Bredtvet and the later years in Løten, Antony Hylton traces Ingeborg’s journey through marriage, motherhood, grief, widowhood, and spiritual endurance. This moving historical portrait shows how one woman’s steadfast faith helped sustain a revival that changed Norway.

More than a biography, this book is a window into Norwegian church history, the Haugean movement, family life in the 1800s, and the role of women in shaping religious and cultural transformation. Readers will discover the story of Andreas Hauge, the next generation of the Hauge family, and the wider revival tradition that influenced Norway for decades.