Photographs and other items about an 1882 immigrant from Biri, Norway, who was ordained in 1886. He served the Bethlehem Lutheran Congregation, Clear Lake, Iowa, throughout the 55 years of his ministry. He was president of the Elling Eielsen Synod,…
Biography/History:
Elling Eielsen was born and raised on the farm of Sundve in Voss, Norway. The son of Eiel Ingebrigtsen Sundve and Anna Ellingsdatter Sundsvaal. In Norway, he was brought up in the Lutheran religious tradition of Hans Nielsen Hauge.…