Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, 1857-1933.

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Ole Nilsen, the Younger, and family papers, 1857-1933.

Letters by Nilsen (or Nielsen) family members and other Norwegian immigrants to America (1855-1931); and correspondence, sermons, notebooks, clippings, and miscellany (1864-1933) of Ole Nilsen, the Younger, who served as a Lutheran pastor in Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Most of the materials are in Norwegian; some have been translated.

2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes, incl. 51 v.).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6790491

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Svendsen, Gro, 1840 or 41-1878.

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Johnson, Christian.

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Thvedt, N. B.

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United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America

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Dahl, Theodor Halvorson, 1845-1923.

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Nilsen, Ole 1844-1933

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Nilsen, Ole, 1834-1912.

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Ole Nilsen, the Younger, nicknamed "Lille Ola," was born in 1844 in the Norwegian parish of Aal, Hallingdal province, the son of Nils Knudson Gudmundsrud, a teacher and long-time mayor of Aal. Ole studied at Askers Seminary, taught school briefly, and immigrated to America in 1871, settling in Iowa near his older brother and sister. He studied at Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Iowa, and at Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis, after which he became a minister of the United Norwegian Luth...

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