NORDIC AMERICAN CHURCHES PROJECT: USEFUL LINKS
Compiled by Laurie Kay Sommers, Project Manager
Archives: Denominational, Ethnic, and Immigration
Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
321 Bonnie Lane
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: 773-380-2832
Covenant Archives and Historical Library
Brandel Library, North Park University
3225 West Foster Ave
Chicago, IL 60625-4895
https://library.northpark.edu/archives/collections/covenant-archives-and-historical-library
Danish American Archive and Library
1738 Washington
Blair, NE 68008
Telephone: (402) 426-7910
Email: info@danishamericanarchive.com
https://danishamericanarchive.com/
Danish Immigrant Archives,
Grand View University, Des Moines, IA.
https://www.grandview.edu/about/about-gv/our-history/archives
ELCA Region 3 Archives
Arts and Archives
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, MN
651-641-3205
arcsw@luthersem.edu
https://www.luthersem.edu/archives/elca.aspx
Finnish American Heritage Center
Finlandia University
435 Quincy Street
Hancock, MI 49930
906-487-7302
https://www.finlandia.edu/fahc/
Immigration History Research Center
311 Elmer L. Andersen Library
University of Minnesota
222 21st Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Email: irhc@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-4800
https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc/ihrc-archives
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Swenson Center/Augustana College
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201-2296
Phone: 309-794-7204
Fax: 309-794-7443
Email: SwensonCenter@augustana.edu
https://www.augustana.edu/swenson/about
Ethnic Organizations
Danish American Heritage Society
https://www.danishheritage.org/
Icelandic Roots
2843 27th St S
Fargo, ND 58103
https://www.icelandicroots.com/
Icelandic League of North America
Museum of Danish America
2212 Washington Street
Elk Horn, IA 51531
Phone: 712-764-7001
Norwegian-American Historical Association
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057-1097
507-786-3450 (archives)
E-mail: naha@stolaf.edu
Email: naha-archivist@stolaf.edu
Swedish American Historical Society
3225 W. Foster Ave, Box 48
Chicago IL 60625
Phone: (773) 583-5722
https://www.swedishamericanhist.org/
Swedish-Finn Historical Society
https://www.swedishfinnhistoricalsociety.org
Vesterheim, The National Norwegian-American Museum & Heritage Center
520 W. Water Street
Decorah, Iowa 52101
Phone: 563-382-9681
State Historic Preservation Offices
Iowa State Historic Preservation Office
600 E. Locust St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-21-5111
https://iowaculture.gov/history/preservation
Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
300 North Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: 517-335-9840
Email: preservation@michigan.gov
Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
Administration Building #203
50 Sherburne Ave.
Saint Paul, MN 55155
651-201-3287
Email: MNSHPO@state.mn.us
North Dakota State Historic Preservation Office
612 East Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
701.328.2666
email: histsoc@nd.gov
https://www.history.nd.gov/hp/
South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office
900 Governors Dr.
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-3458
https://history.sd.gov/preservation/default.aspx
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-264-6493
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org
Other Websites of Interest
August Klagstad, Altar Artist. https://schs.cityofmanistique.org/tag/august-klagstad/
Country Churches blog by Ruth E. Hetland, https://ruthehetland.com/category/country-churches/
“Dakota Life, Lutefisk Lutherans” St. Paul Lutheran, Elk Point, SD. South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 2011, https://youtu.be/W1r0q3ZxNds
Danish Immigration, An Overview. Museum of Danish America, Elkhorn, IA. https://www.danishmuseum.org/explore/danish-american-culture/immigration
Hebling, Audrey Kletscher. “Calling All Lutefisk Lovers to Vang Lutheran Church.” Minnesota Prairie Roots, 2014. https://mnprairieroots.com/tag/vang-lutheran-church-lutefisk-and-norwegian-meatball-supper/
Icelandic Churches in the United States and Canada. (Gudmundur Vidarsson and John Rutford) http://gudmundurvidarsson.tripod.com/index.html
Locating Lutheranism, 19th Century Norwegian American Lutheran Congregations in Minnesota, St. Olaf College, https://pages.stolaf.edu/locluth/
Rural Churches Database. Useful website of historic churches in ND and MN, many of them Nordic heritage. http://steph9993.tripod.com/
The Old Church Project. (images/information, includes MN, ND, SD) https://theoldchurchproject.wordpress.com
Swedish Immigration to North America. Online exhibition by Dag Blanck, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, 2009. https://www.augustana.edu/swenson/academic/history
Twin Cities House of Worship, 1849-1924, University of Minnesota (includes Nordic heritage churches) https://housesofworship.umn.edu/
Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Index (online database), https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2834
