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A man of many interests, he worked tirelessly for the preservation of the
Norwegian heritage of his countrymen in the New World. He helped establish Det
norske selskap and Søndmørelaget and belonged to other Norwegian-American
societies.
He was instrumental in the erecting of monuments honoring famous Norwegians:
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson at North Dakota Agriculture College, Henrik Wergeland at
Island Park and Rollo of Normandy (Gange-Rolf), all at Fargo, North Dakota; Ivar
Aasen and Hans Nielsen Hauge at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota; and
Henrik Ibsen at Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Dr. Fjelde came from a gifted family. His father, Paul Michelet Fjelde, a
woodcarver, came to Chicago with his son Oswald in 1870. His brother, Jacob
Fjelde (1859-1895) became a well-known sculptor whose works include a statue of
Ole Bull in Loring Park and one of Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minnehaha Park,
both in Minneapolis. A sister, Pauline (1861-1923), was a painter and needlework
artist, who had studied in France mastering the art of Gobelin tapestry weaving.
Her most famous work is a Hiawatha tapestry. More information about the family
is scattered throughout the collection, mainly in the scrapbooks.
311. FJELSTAD, ROLF K. (1849-1912). DOCTRINE, 1903. 7 handwritten pages. P 556.
“Er det en skjebnens ironi eller hvad er det? Hvorledes veien synes banet for
Missourianismen blandt vort folk” deals with a doctrinal dispute in the Lutheran
church. Fjelstad was a Lutheran clergyman.
312. FLADAGER, MONS H. (d. 1905). CORRESPONDENCE, 1859-1867. 6 items. P 91.
Letters received by Fladager at Spring Grove, Minnesota, from his brother, Ole H.
in Christiania and Rome, from an unidentified correspondent at Blue Mounds,
Wisconsin, and from a son, Henry. Ole H. was a sculptor.
313. FLATEN, NILS (1867-1947). PAMPHLET, 1939. 1 item. P 1300.
“Valdris-rispo,” a reprint of an article published in Maal og minne, written by a
professor at St. Olaf College. He tells stories in the Valdres dialect as used by
Norwegian Americans in the Goodhue County, Minnesota, settlement where he
grew up.
314. FLEISCHER, WILHELM. LECTURE, 1919. 18 typescript pages. P 94.
A paper titled “The 400,000 H. P. Hydro-Electric Air-Nitrogen Plant at Notodden,
Norway” (description and historical development), presented before the Brooklyn
Engineers Club. Fleischer was the purchasing engineer for the Norwegian Hydro-
Electric Company.
315. FLETRE, HELEN SVENSSON (1909-1987). PAPERS, 1982-1987. 4 boxes. P 1409.
Papers of a prominent member of the Norwegian colony in Chicago. A native of
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