Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1805, Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark.

Died: May 26, 1842, Sor­ter­up, Sla­gel­se, Den­mark.

Son of Frederik Ol­den­burg of the Dan­ish Su­preme Court, The­o­dor be­came a rec­tor to con­gre­ga­tions in Sor­ter­up and Ot­tes­trup, near Sla­gel­se. He al­so ed­it­ed the ma­ga­zine Dansk Mis­sions­blad, be­gin­ning in 1837. After his death, his friend P. Christ­ian Kier­ke­gaard ed­it­ed a col­lec­tion of his hymns and po­ems in the book Min­de­blade om The­o­dor Vil­helm Ol­denb­urg, 1844.

Hymns

1. Din, o Jesus, din at være
2. Dybe, stille, stærke, milde
   • God’s Eternal Word Is Spoken
3. Et suk i gennem verden går
4. I Herrens hus er godt at bo
5. Stille, hjerte, vær nu stille