Norwegian Order of Masons
The Norwegian Order of Freemasons ( Norwegian Den Norske Frimurerorden ) is a grand lodge of the Freemasons based in Oslo .
history
The first lodge of this order was the St. Olaus Lodge, named after Olav the Saint . It was founded on June 24th, 1749 in Bygdø Kongsgård and around 1780 in St. John's Lodge St. Olaus til den hvide Leopard (Saint Olav to the white leopard), under whose name it is still active today.
In the course of independence from Sweden and Denmark, the Norwegian Order of Freemasons was designated as an independent Grand Lodge around 1891 and consecrated under the name X. Province of Norway . In 1937 the Norwegian Xth Province officially got the final name Den Norske Frimurerorden .
Today the grand lodge comprises 94 lodges, 3 deputation lodges, 30 brother associations and 34 small Masonic groups. The order has around 20,000 members (as of 2011). Its headquarters are at 19 Nedre Vollgate in Oslo , near the Norwegian Parliament building.
The Grand Lodge has followed the Swedish rite since 1818 , in which all members must profess Christianity . According to tradition, only men who must be at least 24 years old can become members. Furthermore, one must be a man of good (irreproachable) reputation, have general solvency, be ready to support the Christian faith (without special requirements for a particular Christian denomination), and one needs the recommendations of at least two members of the lodge. However, according to the Holy See , Catholics are not allowed to become Freemasons. The Scandinavian bishops noted, however, that members of a Scandinavian lodge can very well convert to Catholicism and still remain members of the lodge. The Bishop of Oslo declared that the lodges were not anti-clerical or atheist.
Member boxes
In Norway there are Masonic lodges in every province. The lodges differ according to Stewardsloger, St. Andreasloger, St. Johannesloger , Deputasjonsloger (deputation lodges), Broderforeninger (brother associations) and Frimurergrupper (Masonic groups; they are not lodges).
Grandmaster
| # | Surname | Beginning | The End | |
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| 1 | Morten Leuch Handelsmann (1732–1784) |
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1749 (Lodge master of the first Norwegian Masonic Lodge St. Olaus within the Danish Grand National Lodge , spin-off from the Lodge St. Martin ) 1780 (renamed St. Johanneslogen St. Olaus til den hvide Leopard - St. Johannesloge Sankt Olav to the white leopard) |
1784 |
| 2 |
Bernt Anker timber merchant, ship owner and mine owner (1746–1805) |
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1784 (inside the Danish Grand National Lodge) |
1805 |
| 3 | Professor Niels Treschow philosopher and politician (1751–1833) |
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1806 (inside the Danish Grand National Lodge) |
1818 |
| 4th | King Charles XIV. John of Sweden and Norway (1763–1844) |
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1818 (inside the Swedish Grand National Lodge) |
1844 |
| 5 | King Oskar I of Sweden and Norway (1799-1859) |
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1844 (inside the Swedish Grand National Lodge) |
1859 |
| 6th | King Charles IV of Sweden and Norway (1826–1872) |
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1859 (inside the Swedish Grand National Lodge) |
1872 |
| 7th | King Oskar II of Sweden and Norway (1829–1907) |
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1872 (inside the Swedish Grand National Lodge) |
May 10, 1891 |
| May 10, 1891 (within the sovereign Norwegian grand lodge, now referred to as Den X provins (Xth Province)) |
September 29, 1905 | |||
| 8th | Senior physician Johan Gottfried Conradi (1835–1919) |
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October 30, 1905 | December 10, 1917 |
| 9 | Chamberlain Dr. phil. August Christian Mohr (1847–1918) |
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December 10, 1917 | October 4, 1918 |
| 10 | Colonel Wilhelm Hansen Færden (1852-1923) |
October 19, 1918 | October 14, 1923 | |
| 11 | Major General Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker (1851–1928) |
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October 29, 1923 | January 22, 1928 |
| 12 | Judge at the Norwegian Supreme Court Hans Johndal Rønneberg (1867–1941) |
February 2, 1928 (the sovereign Norwegian grand lodge Den X provins (X. Province) was given the official name in 1937: Den Norske Frimurerorden ) |
September 6, 1941 | |
| 12 ½ |
De facto Grand Master in World War II Major General Ivar Aavatsmark (1864–1947) |
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1941 | 1946 |
| 13 | Major General Jacob Hvinden Haug (1880–1961) |
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June 13, 1946 | September 10, 1957 |
| 14th | Norwegian Supreme Court Judge Carl Kaas (1884–1966) |
September 10, 1957 | December 10, 1962 | |
| 15th | Judge at the Norwegian Supreme Court Anton Cathinco Stub Holmboe (1892–1980) |
September 11, 1962 | May 19, 1969 | |
| 16 | Senior Physician Dr. med. Bernhard Paus (1910–1999) |
May 19, 1969 | May 29, 1990 | |
| 17th | Professor Dr. med. Ola Knutrud (1919–1996) |
May 29, 1990 | June 1, 1996 | |
| 18th | Personnel Director Syver Hagen (1926–2001) |
June 1, 1996 | February 27, 2001 | |
| 19th | CEO Magne Frode Nygaard (1928–) |
February 27, 2001 | October 8, 2005 | |
| 20th | Director Ivar Anstein Skar (1937–) |
October 8, 2005 | 4th October 2012 | |
| 18th | Director Tore Evensen (1943–) |
October 18, 2012 |
Behring Breivik is different
The assassin of the Oslo and Utøya attacks in 2011 , Anders Behring Breivik , was a member of the Christian-oriented St. John's Masonic Lodge St. Olaus til de tre Søiler , which belongs to the Norwegian Order of Freemasons , until his crime became known . He is said to have acquired the third degree (master).
The then reigning Grand Master of the Norwegian Freemasons, Ivar A. Skar , stated after the perpetrators became known on the organization's website:
"[...] After it became known in the media that the accused was a member of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons, he was expelled with immediate effect.
The exclusion was decided based on the actions of the accused. The values that motivated him to do this are completely incompatible with what we stand for. [...] The police will of course get all the support and information they need to clarify. "
After the attacks became known, the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Germany , Rüdiger Templin, issued a statement with a translation of the declaration of the Grand Lodge of Norway.
literature
- Ferdinand Runkel: History of Freemasonry. Edition Lempertz, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-933070-96-1 . (Reprint from 1932)
- Karl Ludvig Tørrisen Bugge: St. Johs. Lodges St. Olaus Til Den Hvide Leopard i Kristiania 1749–1757–1907. Anniversary publication 1907.
- Kr. Thorbjørnsen: St. Olai Brødre. Blad av St. Johs. Boxes. St. Olaus til den hvide Leopards historie gjennom 200 år. 1947 (printed as a manuscript for Brothers of the Lodge).
- Matrikkel (register) about the Norske Frimurerorden for arbeidsåret. 1996/97, Aktietrykkeriet (share printer) in Trondheim
- Register of the Norske Frimurerorden for arbeidsåret 2007. Aktietrykkeriet (share printing company) in Trondheim
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ferdinand Runkel, Volume 3, pp. 210 ff.
- ↑ Klaus Kottmann (2008): The Freemasons and the Catholic Church: from the historical overview to the current legal situation. P. 221.
- ↑ Den Norske Frimurerorden: Tro, Håp og Kjærlighet, ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DNFs hjemmeside.
- ^ Attacks in Norway. Süddeutsche.de, July 23, 2011, accessed on July 23, 2011.
- ↑ The Norske Frimurerorden uttrykker medfølelse og omsorg. Official website of the Norwegian Order of Masons, accessed July 24, 2011.
- ↑ The Norske Frimurerorden. Official website of the Norwegian Order of Masons with an English-language explanation on the exclusion of Breivik, accessed on July 24, 2011.
- ^ Statements of the United Grand Lodges of Germany and the Grand Lodge of Norway. ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Reactions from the grand lodges on the grand lodge's homepage “To the three world balls”, July 24, 2011.
