Introduction

Biography

Peter mar­ried twice: to Ka­ren Ma­rie Mad­sine Chris­ten­sen (June 1884) and Oline Ol­sen (Au­gust 6, 1901).

He at­tend­ed high school in As­kov (1872–77), and la­ter studied un­der min­is­ter H. F. Fei­berg. He al­so taught at the Mis­sion­ary In­sti­tute in Co­pen­ha­gen.

He emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1879, and ini­tial­ly lived in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. By 1884, he was in Elk Horn, Io­wa, where he taught at the Da­nish High School. The next year, he was serv­ing as a pas­tor in Jack­son­ville, Io­wa.

He lat­er moved to West Den­mark, Wis­con­sin, where he taught at theo­lo­gic­al se­mi­na­ry un­til 1893. He went on to serve as pre­si­dent of Tri­ni­ty Se­mi­na­ry at Da­na Col­lege in Blair, Ne­bras­ka, and then as pre­si­dent of Da­na Col­lege, 1897–99.

Works

• Elk Horn i Iowa, 1875–1900 (Elk Horn, Io­wa) (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: Da­nish Lu­ther­an Pub­lish­ing House, 1901)
• Danske i Am­eri­ka (Dan­ish in Am­eri­ca) (Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta: C. Ras­mus­sen Pub­lish­ing, 1907)
• Nordboerne fin­der vej til Ame­ri­ka (The Norse Find a Way to Amer­ica)
• Danes in Am­eri­ca: Dan­ish-Am­eri­can Lu­ther­an­ism from 1860 to 1908, with Pe­der Kjøl­hede and Iv­ar Ma­ri­us Han­sen
• Trinitatis Se­mi­na­ri­um (Tri­ni­ty Se­mi­na­ry) (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: 1911)
• Den forenede danske Ev. Luth. Kirke i Ame­ri­ka (The Unit­ed Da­nish Ev­an­ge­li­cal Lu­ther­an Church in Am­eri­ca)
• Den Danske Ud­van­dring til Ame­ri­ka (The Dan­ish Im­mi­gra­tion to Am­eri­ca) (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: Da­nish Lu­ther­an Publishing House, 1916)
• Dens Aarsager og Veie
• Danske I Kamp i og for Ame­ri­ka (Dan­ish in Ac­tion and for Am­eri­ca) (Oma­ha, Ne­bras­ka: Ax­el H. An­der­sen, 1917)
• Dansk Luthersk Mis­sion i Amerika: i tiden før 1884 (Blair, Ne­bras­ka: Da­nish Lu­ther­an Pub­lish­ing House, Blair, Ne­bras­ka, 1917)