Emigrant Info
| Origin (Norway) | mother from Veslegaard, Ål, Hallingdal |
| Emigrated | 1866 |
| Settled in | Bode |
| State | Iowa |
| Location | Bode, Iowa |
| Information | Emigrated with his mother in 1866; came to Bode in 1889. Teacher in the religious school; Postmaster in Bode from 1902; among the first teachers at Bode Lutheran Academy. |
| Source | Ulvestad, page 780 |