Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | Kragerø |
| Settled in | Fillmore County |
| State | Minnesota |
| Location | Fillmore County, Minnesota |
| Information | Pioneer, came to Newburg from Muskego County, Wisconsin in 1851 together with Halvor Gjællervig. The first Norwegian settlement in the state of Minnesota was established in Fillmore County and they were therefore probably the first Norwegian settlers in the State of Minnesota, except for a Norwegian girl who got lost in Minnesota in 1850. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 593, 79 |