Reverend Ole Hanson Bostad
Grue Norwegian Lutheran Church, Buxton, ND
1879 - 1880

Birth: 1842-01-20 (January 20, 1842)
Place: Helgebostad, Hitteren, Trondhjem Norway
Father: Hans Guldbrandsen
Mother: Bergitte Guldbrandsen
Stavanger Mission School:  1866 to 1868
Immigration Year: 1869
Ordination Year: 1872 Luther College (Seminary established in 1869)
Augsburg Seminary: 1870-1872 Degree: C.T.

1872-1875
Waterloo Ridge Church, in Spring Grove MN
Church Photo - From 100th Anniversary booklet, Waterloo Ridge, Spring Grove, Allamakee County, Minnesota 

​1873-1874
Notes about Ness Lutheran Church near Acton, MN.  History of Ness Church by Mrs. C. H. Kinlund, 1948 “Pastor Dahl had moved to Wisconsin 1873, and the Ness Lutheran Church was being led by Reverend Ole Hanson Bostad. After years of meeting in the granary, a barn, private homes, and a schoolhouse, the church was built in the spring and summer of 1874. Before the harvest that year, Reverend Bostad left and was replaced by Nils C. Brun.

​​1876-1877
The Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Chicago.  From History of Norwegians in Illinois.  “Bethlehem Church,” by Rev. George T. Rygh.   The Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Chicago was organized in 1870. Its first pastor was Rev. S. M. Krogness, who served congregation from 1870 until the summer of 1874.  He was succeeded by Rev. C. B. Jacobsen, who preached his first sermon to the congregation.  Oct. 18, 1874.  Prof. S. R. Gunderson served the congregation for a short term. (Bostad was there from 76 to 77) Rev. N. C. Brun delivered his introductory sermon as pastor on Sunday, Sept. 30, 1877.

​ ​1877-1879
Shelly, MN
Pastors have served Sand Hill congregation in the order of their services are: Pastors B. Hagebo, O. Bostad, Chr. Saugstad, H. J. Villesvik, Chr. Ytrehus, Lonne, J. Brono, O. N. Bergh, H. A. B. Winther, Ludvig Pederson, N. Halvorson, C. J. Christianson, Louis Olson, C. J. Carlson, N. C. Anderson, Ralph L. Okland.

​ 1879-1880  
Grue, Dakota Territory
The first pastor to serve this congregation was Rev. O.H. Bostad. He served from the year 1879 to August 8, 1880. During this pastor's administrationo the services were held in various homes and school houses.