Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Gloria Dei was established on May 5, 1959 as a result of the merger of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, then located at 17th and J. Streets, and Messiah Lutheran, 1209 South I. In 1964 Olivet Lutheran Church, South 15th and K, formerly of the Lutheran Free Church, merged with Gloria Dei. On May 13, 1962 ground was broken for a new church on South 19th, and it was completed in January of 1963. Up until that time services had been held in the old Messiah church. Messiah Lutheran was established in 1885, and on July 10, 1887 the first pastor was installed. A site was purchased, and the new church was dedicated on February 8, 1891. After the merger, the church, parsonage, and other buildings were sold to another church. Our Savior’s was organized May 1, 1891 as a congregation of the Norwegian Synod. It was founded under the leadership of B. Harstad, who was the founder of Pacific Lutheran University. The first church was erected at 24th and Ainsworth and was moved to the site at South 17th and J in 1904. In 1930 Our Savior’s and St. John’s merged forming Luther Memorial, but most of the congregation decided to remain as Our Savior’s. Olivet Lutheran, a congregation of the Lutheran Free Church, was established in December 1902. A church was built on the corner of 15th and K. in 1904. This congregation merged with Gloria Dei on January 1, 1964 when the Lutheran Free Church joined the ALC.

From the guide to the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Tacoma, Washington, Records, 1885-2012, (Pacific Lutheran University)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Gunnar Johannes Malmin Oral History Interview, 1980 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Lina Dahl Stakset Oral History Interview, 1981 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Carl Omundson Tweiten Oral History Interview, 1982 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
creatorOf Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Tacoma, Washington, Records, 1885-2012 Pacific Lutheran University Archives and Special Collections ELCA Region 1 Archives
referencedIn Martha Tweiten Handeland Oral History Interview, 1981 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Dagmar Elisabeth Lorentsen Riebe Oral History Interview, 1981 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Anne Kristine Olsen Strom Oral History Interview, 1982 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Matt Andreas Wæsbotten Mattson Oral History Interview, 1982 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Julius Sjønning Tollefson Oral History Interview, 1981 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Theodore Gulhaugen Oral History Interview, 1980 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Storwick, Henny Pederson. Henny Pederson Storwick Oral History Interview 1979. Oregon State University Libraries
referencedIn Olga Medgård Johnson Oral History Interview, 1983 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Emma Severine Mattson Oral History Interview, 1982 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Henny Pederson Storwick Oral History Interview, 1979 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Tilla Johanson Lindhe Oral History Interview, 1979 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
referencedIn Aletta Josefson Anderson Oral History Interview, 1978 Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection Archives and Special Collections Department
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Lutheran Church corporateBody
associatedWith Amundson, H. D., 1953-1955 person
associatedWith Anderson, Aletta Josefson person
associatedWith Asper, O., 1934 person
associatedWith Ballestad, E., 1895-1904 person
associatedWith Berg, A. S., 1933-1939 person
associatedWith Burntvedt, T. O., 1915-1918 person
associatedWith Dryer, Peder, 1906-1907 person
associatedWith Edwards, O. J., 1927-1934 person
associatedWith Ellestad, N. J., 1897-1898 person
associatedWith Evangelical Lutheran Church corporateBody
associatedWith Framstad, W., 1949-1954 person
associatedWith Gjerde, M., 1902-1909 person
associatedWith Glasce, Olaf, 1906 person
associatedWith Golderman, Samuel F., 1974- person
associatedWith Gudmensen, Orin, 1965-1972 person
associatedWith Gulhaugen, Martin R., 1972-1985 person
associatedWith Gulhaugen, Theodore Rev. person
associatedWith Halvorson, H. P., 1924-1932 person
associatedWith Handeland, Martha person
associatedWith Harstad, B., 1891 person
associatedWith Hjelmeland, J., 1949 person
associatedWith Holen, Olaf, 1917-1926 person
associatedWith Hougen, J. O., 1907-1916 person
associatedWith Iverson, Christian M., 1954-1964 person
associatedWith Jensen, O. L., 1941-1952 person
associatedWith Johnson, Olga person
associatedWith Karlstad, Alfred M., 1959-1964 person
associatedWith Langseth, P. O., 1891-1894 person
associatedWith Larson, A. Satrup, 1911-1913 person
associatedWith Lewis, Alvin G., 1933-1938 person
associatedWith Lindhe, Tilla Pauline person
associatedWith Loftness, George O., 1938-1940 person
associatedWith Lono, 1930-1932 person
associatedWith Lutheran Free Church corporateBody
associatedWith Malmin, Gunnar person
associatedWith Mathre, L. S., 1955-1959 person
associatedWith Mattson, Emma person
associatedWith Mattson, Matt person
associatedWith Messiah Lutheran Free Church (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Michelsen, K. S., 1934-1940 person
associatedWith Naess, J. A. E. person
associatedWith Nesvig, M. L., 1940-1941 person
associatedWith Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church corporateBody
associatedWith Nygaard, J. A., 1952-1953 person
associatedWith Olivet Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Opseth, O. A., 1918-1923 person
associatedWith Ordal, O. J., 1913-1921 person
associatedWith Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (Tacoma, Wash.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pacific Lutheran University corporateBody
associatedWith Preus, Ove J. H., 1904-1911 person
associatedWith Ramstad, A. W., 1932-1933 person
associatedWith Ramstad, A. W., 1940 person
associatedWith Redal, J. L., 1940-1945 person
associatedWith Riebe, Dagmar person
associatedWith Satre, O. I., 1894-1897 person
associatedWith Shafland, S. O., 1946-1953 person
associatedWith Skaar, J., 1907 person
associatedWith Slettedahl, E. B., 1898-1906 person
associatedWith Smith, Burton W., 1964-1965 person
associatedWith Sorkness, C. A., 1939-1948 person
associatedWith Sperati, Carlo A., 1895-1904 person
associatedWith Stakset, Lina person
associatedWith Stavig, Lawrence person
associatedWith Steen, P., 1932-1933 person
associatedWith Storwick, Henny person
associatedWith Storwick, Henny Pederson. person
associatedWith Strandjord, S. J., 1956-1959 person
associatedWith Strom, Anne person
associatedWith Svare, T. O., 1955 person
associatedWith Tollefson, I., 1887-1894 person
associatedWith Tollesfson, Julius Sjønning person
associatedWith Tweiten, Carl Omundson person
associatedWith Villesvik, H. J., 1923-1924 person
associatedWith Williamson, Stanley, 1953-1955 person
associatedWith Woldseth, Mark E. person
associatedWith Wood, Arthur, 1985- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Tacoma (Wash.)
Subject
Religion
Lutherans
Occupation
Clergy
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