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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States.It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus.
The village of St Olaves in Norfolk bears the name as it is the location of the remains of a 13th-century Augustinian priory dedicated to Olaf. St. Olaf was also, together with the Mother of God , the patron saint of the chapel of the Varangians , the Scandinavian warriors who served as the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor.
Olavinlinna (Swedish: Olofsborg), also known as St. Olaf's Castle, is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi. It is the northernmost medieval stone fortress still standing. [1]
St. Olaf Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 395 at the time of the 2020 census. St. Olaf Township was originally called Oxford Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1869.
The area in which Cranfills Gap is located was originally settled by and named for George Eaton Cranfill in 1851. Norwegian settlers in and around the community, who were mostly Lutheran, built St. Olaf Kirke (kirke is Norwegian for "church") in a rural area just outside Cranfills Gap.
St. Olaf is located at (42.927724, −91.387236 [ 6 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.24 square miles (0.62 km 2 ), all land.
The O. E. Rølvaag House was the home of Ole Edvart Rølvaag (1876–1931), Norwegian-American novelist and professor at St. Olaf College. The home is located at 311 Manitou Street in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Rølvaag wrote most of his works in this house, which is near St. Olaf College, where he taught.
Baltic was originally called St. Olaf, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881. [7] Another variant name was Keyes. [7] A post office was established under the name Saint Olaf in 1872, the name was changed to Keyes in 1887, and the name was again changed to Baltic in 1889. [8]