Jennie Rølvaag interview, 1955 April 21
- Title
- Jennie Rølvaag interview, 1955 April 21
- Identifier
- P0584 Audio 1A
- Date
- 1955 April 21
- Description
- Jennie Marie Berdahl was born on June 1, 1879 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Andrew James and Karen Oline (Otterness) Berdahl. Jennie was born in a sod hut before South Dakota received statehood. She attended Augustana Academy in Canton, S.D. and was a county school teacher. Jennie Berdahl married Ole Rølvaag in 1908 and lived in Northfield, MN. Together they had four children: Olaf Arnljot (1909-1915), Ella Valborg Tweet (1910-2003), Karl Fritjof (1913-1990), and Paul Gunnar (1915-1920).
In this interview, Jennie Rølvaag talks about her pioneer father, Andrew Berdahl, and his life in South Dakota territory, and her marriage to Ole Rølvaag.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Immigration & society
- South Dakota
- Berdahl, Andrew
- Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931--Characters
- Type
- Oral History
- Rights
- In Copyright
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- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
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Kane, Lucile M. and Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl, “Jennie Rølvaag interview, 1955 April 21,” Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/14698.