Introduction

Biography

Strömme was the son of Hans and El­in Ol­son, and hus­band of Lau­ra Ma­rie Er­ick­sen.

He graduated from Lu­ther Col­lege, De­co­rah, Io­wa (BA 1876) and Con­cor­dia Se­mi­na­ry (1879).

After se­mi­na­ry, he pas­tored in May­ville, North Da­ko­ta; Ada, Min­ne­so­ta; and Nel­son, Wis­con­sin.

He was su­per­in­ten­dent of schools in Nor­man Coun­ty, Min­ne­so­ta., and in 1887, joined the fa­cul­ty of St. Ol­af Col­lege, North­field, Min­ne­so­ta. He moved to the Mt. Hor­eb Aca­de­my, Wis­con­sin, in 1893.

Works

He ed­it­ed the Nord­en (1887–89), Dag­lige Ti­den­de (1889), Am­er­i­ka (1895–98), the Min­ne­ap­olis Tid­en­de (1899–1903), Po­li­ti­ken (1904), and Vor Tid (1904–05).

His oth­er works in­clude:

• Hvorledes Hal­vor Bles Prest
• How Hal­vor Be­came a Pas­tor