Hope, North Dakota
is a farmer. He was born in Vestre Slidre on September 29, 1830 and emigrated to America in 1867 to Fillmore County Minnesota. He came to Steele County, North Dakota in 1881 and has a farm near Hope, North Dakota.
His wife, Nettie Johnsen, is from Stjordalen. They have five children.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 129