Anna Ovena Hoyer

Anna Ovena Hoyer

Anna Ovena Hoyer (born: Anke Hanß, aka Anna Ovena Hoyers, Swedish: Anna Orena Höijer) (Koldenbüttel on Ejdersted peninsula 1584 – 27 November 1655) was a writer and poet, originally German; active in Sweden from 1632. She belonged to the Schwenkfeldians (a branch founded by Nicolaus Knutzen Teting called Brethren in Christ (Brüder in Christo)) and was a critic of Lutheranism.