Modesta Hvide

Modesta Hvide
BornAugust 30, 1900
Osteroy, Hordaland, Norway
DiedAugust 8, 1998 (aged 97)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
NSA memberScandinavia & Finland
1957 - ????
Norway
1962 - 1963
ABMEurope
???? - ????
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Modesta Hvide (August 30, 1900 - August 8, 1998) was a Norwegian Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly and Auxiliary Board member.

Background

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Hvie was born Modesta Hille in Osteroy, Norway, in 1900 and she married Johan Gustav Hvide at some point.[1] She had become a Bahá’í as of the 1950's and in 1957 she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Scandinavia and Finland when the body was formed.[2] As of 1960 she had been appointed as an Auxiliary Board member and that year she assisted in the running of a Teaching Conference in Oslo, Norway, alongside Adelbert Muhlschlegel held shortly before the National Convention for Scandinavia and Finland,[3] and she was also re-elected to the National Assembly at the Convention.[4]

In 1962 she was elected to the independent National Spiritual Assembly of Norway,[5] participated in the joint Scandinavia-Finland summer school held in southern Sweden,[6] and she also spoke at the first Finnish summer school later the same year.[7] In 1963 the Universal House of Justice ruled that a Bahá’í could not serve as an Assembly member and Auxiliary Board member concurrently and Hvide continued to serve on the Auxiliary Board for Europe rather than the National Assembly of Norway,[8] serving as a Protection Board member with the jurisdiction of Scandinavia and Finland as of 1968.[9] She continued to serve as Board member until at least 1973.[10]

Hvide passed away in Bergen, Norway, in 1998.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Modesta Hvide at Geni.com
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 316, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 353, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 354, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 382, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 372, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1962). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 379, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 445, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 457, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1973). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 509, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
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