Letter from J. Jorgen Thompson's to Kristian Prestgard, 1932 January 28
- Title
- Letter from J. Jorgen Thompson's to Kristian Prestgard, 1932 January 28
- Identifier
- p0584_03038
- Date
- 1932 January 28
- Creator
- J.Jorgenshompson
- Description
- J. Jorgen Thompson's letter to Kristian Prestgard.
- 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.
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- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Contributor
- Prestgard, Kristian, 1866-1946
- Rights
- In Copyright
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J.Jorgenshompson, “Letter from J. Jorgen Thompson's to Kristian Prestgard, 1932 January 28,” Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/4099.