Northfield, Minnesota
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Northfield is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. A small portion lies in the adjacent Dakota County. The population was 20,790 at the 2020 census. Northfield is 40 mi south of the downto
Bridge Square Historic Downtown Northfield, Minnesota
Carleton College Aerial
St Olaf College Campus
Northfield, MN Ames Mill
St. Olaf College
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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus.
Northfield, Minnesota
…and St. Paul and is an exurb of the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. It is home to two private liberal arts colleges, Carleton College and St. Olaf College. Southern Minnesota was first settled by the indigenous Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota peoples in the late 1700s, after battling with the Ojibwe and…
Old Main
Steensland Hall in 2015
Herman Amberg Preus, (1825–1894), a key figure in organizing the Norwegian Synod
1912 stained glass window honoring St. Olaf in the college chapel