Lutheran clergyman, college president, b. Gloppen, Nordfjord, Norway. He migrated to the U.S. in 1879, and graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa (B.A., 1891). He attended Luther Seminary (1891-1894), and in 1894 was ordained a minister in the Lutheran Church. He was pastor at Eau Claire, Wis. (1894-1895), at Spring Prairie (1895-1899), and at Rio (1899-1901). From 1901 to 1918 he was president of Gale College at Galesville, and from 1918 to 1938 was pastor at Orfordville. He retired from the ministry in 1938, and made his home at Clintonville until his death. Who's Who among Pastors in . . . Nor. Luth. Synods . . . (Minneapolis, 1928); E. D. Pierce, ed., and F. Curtiss-Wedge, comp., Hist. of Trempealeau Co. (Chicago, 1917); J. Peterson, et al., comps., Biog. Dir. of . . . Evang. Luth. Church (Minneapolis [1952]).Learn More
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