Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1926 June 7
- Title
- Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1926 June 7
- Identifier
- p0584_10335
- p0584_10336
- Date
- 1926 July 7
- Description
- Translation:
My dear girl!
Now we have just been in the lake. I have been up in the cabin a while alone and gone around in Adam’s drugs and taken care of myself exactly how I would like.
Fritz is especially fit. Today he made muffins for lunch, and it was really good. He made them from “bran”. He is so well-behaved that he cannot be hurt inside the house- just must be outside.
Yes, this was just to say hello. You can take a little iodine with you. Otherwise you should take as little as possible. We will manage well enough. And remember that we won’t be long. I must be back by the end of the 1st week of August. There is then no reason why you all should not stay longer, for here is a blessed peace.
Welcome Saturday evening!
Ole - 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.
- Ole Rølvaag's letter to Jennie Rølvaag.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Contributor
- Rølvaag, Jennie Marie Berdahl
- Rights
- No Copyright - the United States
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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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Citation
Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931, “Letter from Ole Rølvaag to Jennie Rølvaag, 1926 June 7,” Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/4919.