Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Bergen |
| Settled in | Grand Prairie, Grundy County |
| State | Illinois |
| Location | Grand Prairie, Grundy County, Illinois |
| Information | Pioneer and Civil War veteran. Together with Nels Olsen he was the first Norwegian settler at Grand Prairie. They walked from Morris to Dwight. The grass in the swamps was 6 feet high and there was no road, they claimed land not far from there. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 605, 16, 279 |