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Born at Rennesø, Stavanger and immigrated in 1892. Attended St. Olaf College academy 1895-1899 and U.C. Seminary (1900-1903). Served as a Lutheran minister in Finley for 30 years. Editor, "Luthersk Menighedsblad," (1910-12); associate editor,…

Memories from the School of Life, an autobiographical account by a Norwegian-born North Dakota farmer, translated by Charles H. Skalet and R. E. Fuglestad. Torkel Fuglestad was born at Bjerkreim, Roggland, Norway. After military training at…

Scrapbook Memories, a compilation (160 p.) covering family history and the experiences of a Norwegian American who was active in politics in North Dakota, where he was secretary of the Independent Voters' Association, which opposed the Non-partisan…

Poems by a Norwegian born Lutheran clergyman, Thompson, North Dakota. From Rolvaag Library Vault. Many of the poems are for/about specific occasions.Poems (1883-1904) and Articles (1912). 18 items, typescript. Added Nov. 1994: Article, "Et…

Odd Lovoll interviews Robert and Mary Beth Berg. They discuss their varied Norwegian ethnic background, including family traditions, values, and histories, with an emphasis on faith and religious life. They also discuss the interviewees’ educational…

AbstractPapers, 1927-1954, 1976. Correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets of an Icelandic-born professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of North Dakota.Contents Clippings and pamphlets Icelandic literature and government,…

Family and church histories prepared by Myrvik, a farmer born in North Dakota of Norwegian parents. The family history gives an account of the 1869 journey from Hemnes, Nordland, by way of Bergen & Montreal to Minnesota, eventually to Cabalier Co.,…

Correspondence, catalogs, and reports of a Lutheran secondary school established in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1906; 1906-1926: Oak Grove Lutheran Ladies' Seminary; later, Oak Grove Lutheran High School.

Official organ of a Swedish Lutheran secondary school located at Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Reports of a Lutheran secondary institution at Velva, North Dakota (1910-1922).