Background
Oluf Gjerset was born in Vaagø, Fræna, Norway. He was the son of Ole Sørensen Gjerset and Karen Marie Olsdatter Eidem.
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Oluf Gjerset
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University of Minnesota Law School. University of Minnesota.
Career
He served as the mayor of Montevideo, Minnesota and in the Minnesota state senate. In May, 1871, his family left for America. The family settled on the Big Bend of the Chippewa River in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
His father helped organize the Norwegian Lutheran Synod congregation in the Big Bend settlement in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
He attended the University of Minnesota Law School, earning his law degree in 1892 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He served as the County Attorney of Chippewa County, Minnesota from 1897 to 1903 and Municipal (City) Attorney for Montevideo, Minnesota from 1909 to 1913.
He was the mayor of Montevideo in 1913.
Membership
Gjerset was a member of the Montevideo Board of Education for several years.
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United States