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Ole Edvart Rølvaag (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈûːlə ˈɛ̀dːvɑʈ ˈrø̂ːlvoːɡ]; Rølvåg in modern Norwegian, Rolvaag in English orthography) (April 22, 1876 – November 5, 1931) was a Norwegian-American novelist and professor who became well known for his writings regarding the Norwegian American immigrant experience.
- Novelist and professor
- Norwegian-American
- 22 April 1876, Dønna, Norway
Apr 18, 2024 · O. E. Rölvaag (born April 22, 1876, Dönna Island, Helgeland, Nor.—died Nov. 5, 1931, Northfield, Minn., U.S.) was a Norwegian-American novelist and educator noted for his realistic portrayals of Norwegian settlers on the Dakota prairies and of the clash between transplanted and native cultures in the United States.
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Novel. Published. 1924-1925. Publisher. Aschehoug. Followed by. Peder Seier. Giants in the Earth (Norwegian: I de dage) is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Rølvaag. First published in Norwegian in two volumes in 1924 and 1925, it was published in English in 1927, translated by Rølvaag and author Lincoln Colcord (1883–1947).
- Ole Edvart Rølvaag
- 1924-1925
- 1991
- Novel
Rolvaag followed it up with a master’s degree in 1910 from the same college. Also, Rolvaag had studied at Oslo University for some time. From 1906 onward, Rolvaag started working at St. Olaf College as a professor. He was recruited by the college’s president named John N. Kildahl. By 1916, Rolvaag had become St. Olaf’s Norwegian Head.
Giants in the Earth, novel by O.E. Rølvaag that chronicles the struggles of Norwegian immigrant settlers in the Dakota territory in the 1870s. First published in Norway in two volumes as I de dage (1924; “In Those Days”) and Riket grundlæges (1925; “The Kingdom Is Founded”), the novel was published in English as a single volume in ...
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May 18, 2018 · Ole Edvart Rölvaag. The Norwegian-American writer Ole Edvart Rölvaag (1876-1931) was a powerful, realistic chronicler of the lives of Norwegian immigrants on the farms of the midwestern United States. His work is grimly pessimistic. Ole Edvart Rölvaag was born on April 22, 1876, on the island of Dönne, Norway; his family had been fishermen ...
O. E. Rölvaag was born Ole Edvart Pedersen on April 22, 1876, one of seven children of Peder Benjamin Jakobsen and Ellerine Pedersdatter Vaag. He was born in the family's cottage in a small fishing village on the island of Dønna, near the Arctic Circle in Norway. The settlement had no official name, but it was referred to as Rølvaag, the ...
