词条 | Johan Olsen (pastor) |
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BiographyJohan Olsen was born in Helgeland, Norway on July 3, 1834.[3] Olsen was the only son of Ole and Anne Jacobson. He graduated from Tromsø Seminary in 1854, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Christiania.[3][4] Johan Olsen married Rakel Johanna Rodli on August 15, 1858. Together they had eleven children.[6][4] In 1866, Olsen immigrated to the United States. He moved to Paxton, Illinois, where he became a teacher at Augustana College.[3] In 1867, Olsen was ordained, and became a pastor at Lutheran churches in Neenah and Fort Howard, Wisconsin.[3] On April 19, 1867, Olsen began serving the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Denmark, Wisconsin.[5] In 1870, Olsen became the first vice-president of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.[3] In 1872, he became the second president of the Conference serving until 1881.[4] In 1873, Olsen moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa, and began serving First Lutheran Church.[6] During this time, Olsen also served as vice-president and trustee of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1883, Olsen became the editor of the Norwegian Lutheran church newspaper, Lutheraneren of Mission-Blaldet.[6][1] Olsen died on September 11, 1911, and was buried in the cemetery of First Lutheran Church.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book |date=1883 |title=History of Mitchell County, Iowa, 1883 |location=Mason City, Iowa |publisher=Klipto Print Company |page=498}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Olsen, Johan (pastor)}}{{Lutheran-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |date=1960 |title=The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church |location=Minneapolis |publisher=Augsburg Publishing House |author=Clifford E. Nelson and Eugene L. Fevold}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |date=1918 |title=History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa |author=J.F. Clyde and H.A. Dwelle |location=Chicago |publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book |date=1911 |title=Standard Historical Atlas of Mitchell County, 1911 |location=Chicago |publisher=Anderson Publishing Company}} 5. ^{{cite book |date=1980 |title=Our Savior's Lutheran Church: 100 Years of Lutheran Heritage |location=Denmark, Wisconsin |publisher=Our Savior's Lutheran Church |page=5}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite book |date=2003 |title=First Lutheran Church Sesquicentennial |location=St. Ansgar, Iowa |publisher=First Lutheran Church}} 5 : 1834 births|1911 deaths|American Lutheran clergy|Norwegian emigrants to the United States|People from Denmark, Wisconsin |
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