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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 St. Olaf Choir is a premier a cappella choir based in Northfield, Minnesota.Founded in 1912 by Norwegian immigrant F. Melius Christiansen, the choir has been influential to other church and college choirs for its performance of unaccompanied sacred music. [1]
Northfield is home to St. Olaf and Carleton colleges. Their student and staff populations account for a large portion of the town's year-round population. [citation needed] The Northfield Public School district operates three elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and an alternative learning center.
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.
In 1968, St. Olaf College began broadcasting on the FM band as WCAL-FM 89.3. [11] In 1945, WLB changed its call sign to KUOM. St. Olaf eventually made an agreement with the University of Minnesota in which WCAL was provided land for an improved FM tower near Rosemount, Minnesota, in exchange for KUOM's exclusive use of the AM frequency. [12]
In 1874, Muus led a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers to found St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. St. Olaf College is a residential, four-year private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. [6]
Anton Armstrong, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir; Kenneth O. Bjork, historian and educator; F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf Choir; John Ferguson, organist and composer; Dave Hauck, Swimming coach for St. Olaf College for over 40 years from 1973-2016, winning 43 Minnesota Conference (MIAC) championships. Also served 30 years as ...
By February 4, 1926, the Norwegian American Historical Association was incorporated by the State of Minnesota. Since it's founding, the independent non-profit organization as been located on the campus of St. Olaf College, in Northfield, Minnesota. Both institutions are independent entities. [3] The first executive board consisted of [4]: