Letter from Mina Hellestad to Jennie Rølvaag, 1947 January 10
- Title
- Letter from Mina Hellestad to Jennie Rølvaag, 1947 January 10
- Identifier
- p0584_10327
- p0584_10328
- Date
- 1947 January 10
- Creator
- Hellestad, Mina
- Description
- 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.
- Mina Hellestad's letter to Jennie Rølvaag.
- Type
- Text
- Format
- Letters (correspondence)
- Rights
- Copyright Undetermined
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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
Hellestad, Mina, “Letter from Mina Hellestad to Jennie Rølvaag, 1947 January 10,” Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/8368.