Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Lincoln County The founder of the Norwegian settlement at Toledo was Otto O. Krogstad from Drammen. He came from Walsh Co., N. D. and settled there as a pharmacist in 1894. Later in the year came Hans O. Olsen†, P. Tellefsen and T. Tellefsen, all from Stavanger, Carl Knudsen from Christiansand, Andreas Krogstad from Drammen, O. E. Rache from Sogn, Henrik Tronsen from Bergen and Anton Bredesen, born in Wisconsin. Otto Krogstad is the only Norwegian to hold public office here. He is a magistrate in Toledo. Pastor C. M. Nødtvedt of The United Church established a Norwegian congregation at Toledo (or in Ny Hardanger, as the Norwegian settlement was called) in 1897. This congregation built a church in 1902. There are no other Norwegian congregations or churches in this county.