St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Wikipedia says it was founded in 1874 by Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Bernt Julius Muus, opened as St. Olaf's School in 1875 and took the college name in 1889. It reports 3,124 undergraduates in fall 2024 and 326 faculty, with Susan Rundell Singer as president since 2023. St. Olaf is known for its music program, whose choir, band and orchestra tour widely, as well as the Hong Kierkegaard Library and the Flaten Art Museum. It has a rivalry with neighboring Carleton College, competes in NCAA Division III, and belongs to groups including the Oberlin Group and the Annapolis Group.
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1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, United States, Minnesota
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