Kristian Prestgard

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Kristian Prestgard (29 April 1866 – 25 January 1946) was a Norwegian-born, American journalist and author. He served as the editor of the Norwegian language newspaper

Decorah-Posten in Iowa from 1923 until 1946.[1]

Background

Kristian Prestgard was born on the Harelstad farm in the parish of Heidal in Oppland, Norway. His parents were Gudbrand Kristensen Harelstad (1829–69) and Marit Prestgard (1841–97). When his father died early, Kristian moved with his mother back to Prestgard, her family neighboring farm.[2][3][4]

Career

Prestgard started

Parliament of Norway. As consequence, Prestgard was offered a job in Arvesen's newspaper, Oplandenes Avis, which began his career as a journalist.[5]

He attended the 1893

Norwegian-American press. In 1897, he married Oline Musum (1873–1919) and took a position with a Norwegian language newspaper company in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[6]

In 1898, he joined the editorial staff of Decorah-Posten. Together with

King of Norway during 1926.[7][8]

Prestgard was also an author, principally of Norwegian-language books. Probably the most widely known of these work was En Sommer i Norge, his account of a journey to Norway with a group of American journalists during 1927. Shortly prior to his death in 1946, he was able to complete his memoirs, From My Life as a Newspaperman in America. The Memoirs of Kristian Prestgard.[9][10][11]

Selected works

  • Nansenfærden (1896)
  • Norske Kvad, 1814–1905 (1906)
  • En Sommer I Norge: I; Fra Den Gamle Heimbygd (1928)
  • Fjords and Faces (1937)
  • Streiftog: Stemninger og Skildringer (1937)

References

  1. ^ "Kristian Prestgard (1866-1946)". Fra Heidal til Decorah. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Fra Heidal til Decorah: Veien jeg gikk (Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study)
  3. ^ "Harildstad. Heidal herad. Oppland". Matrikkelutkastet av 1950. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Prestgard. Heidal herad. Oppland". Matrikkelutkastet av 1950. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Øyvind T. Gulliksen. "Kristian Prestgard, Journalist og Forfatter". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Kristian Prestgard (Gran Canaria)
  7. ^ Kristian Prestgard (Store norske leksikon)
  8. ^ Einar Haugen. "Symra: A Memoir". The Norwegian-American Historical Association (Volume 27: Page 101). Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Kristian Prestgard: An Appreciation (Henriette C. K. Naeseth. 1949. The Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XV: Page 131)
  10. ^ Odd S. Lovoll. "Decorah-Posten: The Story of an Immigrant Newspaper". The Norwegian-American Historical Association (Volume 27: Page 77). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "Kristian Prestgard". Gravestones in Lutheran (Decorah) Cemetery. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

Other sources

  • Øverland, Orm (1999) The Western Home: A Literary History of Norwegian America (Oxford University Press)
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