Beaver Lake Danish
Lutheran Congregation
 Located on Section 22 of Berlin Township, Steele County, Minnesota. Beaver Lake Danish Lutheran Congregation was organized 1869 as part of the Swedish Augustana Synod based in Illinois. In 1870 the congregation joined with the "Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America" with Rev. Nils Olsen as pastor. The congregation disbanded in 1884 after the death of Rev. Olsen. The membership in 1871 was 24 Danes. By 1883 this was down to 19.

from Norske lutherske menigheter i Amerika, 1843-1916 By Olaf Morgan Norlie.
1918, Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN

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