Background
Burntvedt, Thorvald Olsen was born on May 29, 1888 in Kragerö, Norway. Son of Andreas Olsen and Pauline Ingeborg (Hansen) Burntvedt.
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Thorvald Olsen Burntvedt
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Came to the United States, 1903. Naturalized, 1917; Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg Academy and College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1912. C.T., Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1915.
Student Biblical Seminary, New York, 1919-1920, University of Minnesota, summer, 1929, Northwestern Conservatory of Music, Minneapolis, 1908-1909. Doctor of Laws, St. Olaf College, 1934. Doctor of Divinity, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, 1954.
Career
Ordained to ministry of Lutheran Church, June, 1915. Pastor Olivet Lutheran Church, Tacoma, Washington, 1915-1918, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1919-1920, Trinity Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 1920-1930. Lecturer Lutheran Bible Institute, 1922-1929, Augsburg Theological Seminary, 1926-1929.
President The Lutheran Free Church (of America) since June, 1930. President Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital, Minneapolis. Director National Lutheran Council.
Membership
Member Advisory Council American Bible Society. Compiled (with secretary) Annual Reports Lutheran Free Church since 1931.
Connections
Married Anna Constance Tollefson, August 24, 1921. Children: Gloria Anne, Gratia Muriel, Thorvald Robert.
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