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Letter from Gunnar Berg to Ole Rølvaag, 1908 November 30
- Title
- Letter from Gunnar Berg to Ole Rølvaag, 1908 November 30
- Identifier
- p0584_04549
- p0584_04550
- Date
- 1908 November 30
- Creator
- Berg, Gunnar, 1841-1925
- Description
- Gunnar Berg's letter to his nephew Ole Rolvaag. Gunnar Berg was the brother to Ole Rolvaag's father, Peder Benjamin Jacobsen.
- 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.
- Gunnar Berg (or Gunder Berg) was born to Jacob Peder Mathiassen and Penilla Kierstina Erichsdatter on October 15, 1841 in Dønnes, Norway. Gunnar was the older brother to Ole Rølvaag's father, Peder Benjamin Jacobsen. Gunnar married Kaia Olea Benjaminsdatter in August 1877. They had three children: Frithiof, Maria Henriette, and Anna Sofie Berg.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Contributor
- Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1931
- Rights
- No Copyright - the United States
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- The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
- Bibliographic Citation
- [Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Dublin Core
Collection
Citation
Berg, Gunnar, 1841-1925, “Letter from Gunnar Berg to Ole Rølvaag, 1908 November 30,” Digital Collections, accessed September 22, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/7763.