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Title

Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Kristian Prestgard, circa 1931

Identifier

p0584_03028

p0584_03029

Date

circa 1931

Creator

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

Description

Kristian Prestgard (29 April 1866 – 25 January 1946) was a Norwegian-born, American journalist and author. He served as the editor of the Norwegian language newspaper Decorah-Posten in Iowa from 1923 until 1946.

The Kristian Prestgaard Papers (P0557) are housed at NAHA.

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.

In 1898, he joined the editorial staff of Decorah-Posten. Together with Johannes B. Wist, he also edited the Norwegian-language periodical Symra from 1905 to 1914. He became editor-in-chief of Decorah-Posten in 1923 following the death of Johannes Wist. Prestgard was also one of the founders of the Norwegian American Historical Association in 1925. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Olav by the King of Norway during 1926.

Ole Rølvaag's letter to Kristian Prestgard.

Type

Text

Format

Letters (correspondence)

Contributor

Prestgard, Kristian, 1866-1946

Rights

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Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Kristian Prestgard Correspondence)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)