O.E. Rølvaag

O.E. Rølvaag was a literature and fiction author born in Norway in 1876. Rølvaag was born in a small fishing village in Norway as one of seven children. At the age of fourteen, the talented author was ready to join his father and brothers in the fishing grounds. Rølvaag stayed in his small village until an uncle living in America sent him an invitation in 1896. The now 20-year-old traveled to South Dakota and worked as a farmhand until 1898. Later, he enrolled in Augustana Academy and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield. Rølvaag graduated with a master’s degree from St. Olaf College in 1910.