Letter from Knut Gjerset to Magnus Swensen, 1931 January 24
- Title
- Letter from Knut Gjerset to Magnus Swensen, 1931 January 24
- Identifier
- p0584_06307
- Date
- 1931 January 24
- Creator
- Gjerset, Knut, 1865-1936
- Description
- Knut Gjerset's letter to Magnus Swensen.
- Knut Gjerset (September 15, 1865 – October 29, 1936) was a Norwegian-American author, historian and college professor. Gjerset next worked as a principal at Glenwood Academy in Glenwood, Minnesota. In 1902, he became a professor at Luther College. Gjerset was head of the history department for more than thirty years and co-editor of the literary yearbook Symra (1905-1914). He was curator of the Norwegian-American Historical Museum. He published a number of historical works, including History of the Norwegian People (1915) and History of Iceland (1924). Gjerset was appointed Knight of the 1st class in the Order of St. Olav in 1917. He was the chairman of the committee on exhibits for the Norse-American Centennial in 1925.
- The Knut Gjerset Papers (P0683) are housed at NAHA.
- Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Rights
- No Copyright - the United States
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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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Citation
Gjerset, Knut, 1865-1936, “Letter from Knut Gjerset to Magnus Swensen, 1931 January 24,” Digital Collections, accessed October 19, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/4874.