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Oakland: The First Norwegian-American Seventh-Day Adventist Church In America, Lawrence W. Onsager
Oakland: The First Norwegian-American Seventh-Day Adventist Church In America, Lawrence W. Onsager
Lawrence W. Onsager
In December 1861, several Norwegian families, led by Andrew Olsen and Tarel Johnson, organized the first Norwegian-American Adventist church in Oakland Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Oakland Township is part of the Koshkonong Norwegian-American Settlement, which includes southeastern Dane County, southwestern Jefferson County, and northern Rock County, Wisconsin.
The Olsen, Johnson, Loe, and Serns families were from a rural district in Vest-Agder County, Norway. On March 20, 1850, Andrew Olsen, his half-brother, Halvor Olsen, Ole Hegland Serns, and their families left for the U. S. from Kristiansand, Norway.
In 1854, Soren Loe and Tarel Johnson moved to Oakland to be near …
Book Review Of Carl F.H. Henry, By Bob E. Patterson, Miroslav Kis
Book Review Of Carl F.H. Henry, By Bob E. Patterson, Miroslav Kis
Miroslav Kis
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