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Title

Letter from Jon Norstog to Ole Rølvaag, circa 1929

Identifier

p0584_09981

p0584_09982

Date

circa 1929

Creator

Norstog, Jon, 1877-1942

Description

Norstog was a Norwegian author and poet. He was born in Haukelisæter, Norway on October 30, 1877. He was son of Gudbjørg and Knut Norstog. Gudbjørg was the cousin of the famous Norwegian poet Aasmund Vinje, and Norstog grew up to be inspired by him. Norstog was a strong supporter of landsmål, the second written language in Norway, and wrote all his books in landsmål. He immigrated to America in 1902 and settled in Joice, Iowa. In 1910 he moved to Mc. Kenzie County in North Dakota, and lived alone on a farm until he married Inga M. Bredesen in 1919. Norstog died in 1942.

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.

Jon Norstog's letter to Ole Rølvaag.

Type

Text

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Contributor

Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931

Rights

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Bibliographic Citation

[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Jon Norstog Correspondence)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)