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- In 1908, he became a United States citizen and married Jennie Marie Berdahl, the daughter of Andrew James Berdahl and Karen Oline Otterness. They had four children: Olaf, Ella, Karl and Paul. Their son, Karl Fritjof Rolvaag, served as the 31st Governor of Minnesota.
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Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Spouse (s) Florence Amelia Boedeker Rolvaag. Marian Rankin MacKenzie Rolvaag. Profession. Politician, soldier. Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (July 18, 1913 – December 20, 1990) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 31st governor of Minnesota from March 25, 1963, to January 2 ...
A DFLer, Rolvaag ran for Congress, and lost, in 1946, 1948, and 1952, and worked for the DFL as party chair, 1950–1954, traveling extensively to build the party statewide. He was a great friend and ally of DFL governor Orville Freeman. He was elected Lieutenant Governor (alongside Freeman, as governor) in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960 (when ...
Spouse (s) Florence Amelia Boedeker Rolvaag. Marian Rankin MacKenzie Rolvaag. Profession. Politician, soldier. Close. The 1962 election was held on November 6, but the results were not known until a 139-day recount was completed in March 1963.
Dec 20, 1990 · Biography. Karl Rolvaag is Notable. Karl Rolvaag was a Minnesotan. Karl was born in 1913. He is the son of Ole Edvart Rolvaag and Jennie Marie Berdahl. [1] [2] [3] [4] He married Florence A. Boedeker April 28, 1943 in Brown Land District, Texas. [5] . They divorced January 8, 1981 in Ramsey county, Minnesota. [6] .
- Male
- July 18, 1913
- Marian (Rankin) Rolvaag
- December 20, 1990
Rolvaag, Karl Fritjof (1913–1990) Topics. Politics. Women. Made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008 ...
Gov. Karl Fritjof Rolvaag. Terms March 25, 1963 - January 2, 1967. Party Democratic-Farmer-Labor. Born July 18, 1913. Passed December 20, 1990. Birth State Minnesota. School St. Olaf College; University of Minnesota; University of Oslo. Family Married Florence A. Boedeker; two children.
Rolvaag was born in 1913 in Northfield, Minn., the son of author Ole E. Rolvaag. He was chairman of the state Democratic Farmer Labor Party (1950-1954), Minnesota lieutenant governor (1955-1962), Minnesota governor (1963-1967), U.S. ambassador to Iceland (1967-1969)
