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Postcard from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1931 February 21

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Postcard from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1931 February 21
Identifier
p0584_11759
p0584_11760
Date
1931 February 21
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Translation:

This afternoon came both Fritjof’s and your letter. Have not heard anything from you all since Monday and began to get carried away. Now I feel a great relief. 

It was a remarkably good letter you wrote; I will answer sometime next week immediately. 

Today when we got up, it was cold, but it has gotten better throughout the day; and now it is wonderful.

Much love

The old man

Jennie Marie Berdahl was born on June 1, 1879 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Andrew James and Karen Oline (Otterness) Berdahl. Jennie was born in a sod hut before South Dakota received statehood. She attended Augustana Academy in Canton, S.D. and was a county school teacher. Jennie Berdahl married Ole Rølvaag in 1908 and lived in Northfield, MN. Together they had four children: Olaf Arnljot (1909-1915) Ella Valborg Tweet (1910-2003) Karl Fritjof (1913-1990) Paul Gunnar (1915-1920).
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.
Postcard from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag.
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Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

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Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931, “Postcard from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1931 February 21,” Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/4901.