Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Gudbrandsdalen |
| Settled in | Renville Co. |
| State | Minnesota |
| Location | Renville Co., Minnesota |
| Information | Pioneer, came to Kingsbury Co. South Dakota some time after 1878. Minster in the Norwegian Synod, established Vor Frelsers congregation in 1868 in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. It was the oldest congregation in the county. Here, as in many other new settlements, the services had to be held in dugouts, sod houses and log cabins in the first years, until they were in condition to build churches. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 542, 148, 122 |