The invention relates to a tightly coupling hollow high-temperature superconducting inductor comprising a short connection bus, a nonmetallic Dewar type container, a clockwise winding, an anticlockwise winding, liquid nitrogen, a refrigeration system and a polyimide film, wherein, the clockwise winding and the anticlockwise winding are dipped into the liquid nitrogen which is stored in the nonmetallic Dewar type container; the short connection bus is respectively connected with the clockwise winding and the anticlockwise winding, and the refrigeration system, the nonmetallic Dewar type container, the clockwise winding, the anticlockwise winding and the liquid nitrogen are connected to form a liquid nitrogen circulation cooling system; the insulation material polyimide film is arranged between turns and layers of the clockwise winding and the anticlockwise winding. Compared with the traditional inductor, the invention has the advantages of small volume, light weight, high reliability, low power consumption and the like, is characterized by strong current limiting capacity and automatic current equalizing ability, avoids the defects of oil leakage, easy burning and the like of the oil dipping inductor and ensures operation safety. The invention has no iron cores and no ferromagnetic saturation, and has favorable inductance linearity.