Background
Vigness, Lauritz Andreas was born on January 14, 1864 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ole L. and Anna (Hallum) Vigness.
Vigness, Lauritz Andreas was born on January 14, 1864 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ole L. and Anna (Hallum) Vigness.
Student Marshall (Wisconsin) Academy, 1879-1881, Augustana College, Canton, South Dakot, 1881-1884. Bachelor of Arts, Dixon (Illinois) College and Normal School, 1885. Augustana Seminary, Beloit, Iowa, 1885-1886.
Doctor of Divinity, Capital University, 1927.
Professor Greek and Latin, Augustana College, 1886-1890. Same, Highland Park College, Des Moines, Iowa, 1890-1894. Principal Jewell (Iowa) Lutheran College, 1894-1895.
President Pleasant View Lutheran College, Ottawa, Illinois, 1895-1914.
Ordained to ministry, Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 17, 1894. Pastor Des Moines, Iowa, 1894-1895, Ottawa, Illinois, 1901-1914.
President Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1914-1918. Executive secretary board of education, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, 1918-1931.
Editor of Lutheraneren, 1925-1939.
Married Margaret Krogness, June 9, 1887.