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Upon retiring from full-time teaching at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 2010, he held the title Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Folk Art. Since the 1980s, Refsal, who spoke fluent Norwegian , shared his knowledge of and skills in Scandinavian-style flat-plane figure carving with thousands of carvers through courses and presentations in ...
Decorah is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of the Minnesota-Iowa border. It is the northernmost major community located along U.S. Route 52 in Iowa . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.04 square miles (18.23 km 2 ), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km 2 ) is land and 0.03 square miles (0. ...
Author and journalist Johannes B. Wist was the editor of Decorah-Posten from 1901 until his death in 1923. During much of this period, he also served as editor of Symra, a Norwegian-language literary magazine which was also published in Decorah, Iowa. Kristian Prestgard served as editor-in-chief of Decorah-Posten from 1923 until his death in 1946.
In 1953, Johnson was cast with her future husband, actor Stanley Prager, in the Broadway revival of Room Service starring Jack Lemmon.Johnson and Prager wed in 1956. Her other Broadway credits include Critic's Choice (1960), Drink to Me Only (1958), and Reclining Figure (1954).
The Broadway–Phelps Park Historic District is located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The original boundaries of the historic district is composed of seven blocks of a residential area and the city's oldest park. It is located on a prominent hill in the heart of Decorah.
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).
August 8, 2001 (3608 236th Ave. Burr Oak: Museum Visitor Center 5: Calmar Passenger Depot: Calmar Passenger Depot: March 21, 2011 (201 N. Maryville St. Calmar
Iowa City Press-Citizen – Iowa City; Keokuk Daily Gate City – Keokuk; Le Mars Daily Sentinel – Le Mars; Marshalltown Times Republican – Marshalltown; The Messenger – Fort Dodge; Southeast Iowa Union – Mount Pleasant (was formerly the Fairfield Daily Ledger, Mount Pleasant News and the Washington Evening Journal) Muscatine Journal ...