List of Norwegian churches in the United States

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Norwegian churches in the United States include:

(by state then city)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cranfills Gap, Texas</span> Town in Texas, United States

Cranfills Gap is a town located in Bosque County in central Texas, United States. It was founded by Norwegian Emigrants and to this day most residents can trace their lineage to those Norwegian Founders. The population was 281 at the 2010 census.

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St. Olaf or St. Olave or St. Olav may refer to:

The Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, commonly called the Norwegian Synod, was founded in 1853. It included churches in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evangelical Lutheran Synod</span>

The Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body. The ELS has 130 congregations and has missions in Peru, Chile, India, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Latvia.

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St. John's Lutheran Church may refer to:

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Our Savior Lutheran Church or Our Savior's Lutheran Church may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Olaf Kirke</span>

St. Olaf Kirke, commonly referred to as The Rock Church, is a small Lutheran church located outside of Cranfills Gap, Texas, United States, in an unincorporated rural community known as Norse in Bosque County, Texas. The Church is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Cranfills Gap, Texas)</span>

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, is a Lutheran church located near the cities of Clifton and Cranfills Gap in the unincorporated community of Norse in Bosque County, Texas.

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Claus Lauritz Clausen was an American pioneer Lutheran minister, church leader, military chaplain and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church</span> Historic church in Ward County, North Dakota

Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church, also known as Our Savior's Lutheran Church or Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church is located in Ward County, North Dakota. It is situated one mile north of State Route #50 and one quarter mile west of Ward County Highway #1 near Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota. The church and its cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Johan Olsen was an American pioneer Lutheran minister and church leader. Olsen served as the second president of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.