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About Ole Rynning
- Ole Rynning (April 4, 1809 – September 1838) was a Norwegian emigrant pioneer and author.Rynning was born in Ringsaker in Hedmark county, Norway.
- He was the son of the priest Jens Rynning (1778–1857) and the uncle of Bernt Julius Muus (1832–1900), who helped found St.
- Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
- Rynning emigrated to the United States, where he was instrumental in helping establish the first Norwegian emigrant colony there.
- In 1838, Rynning published the book Sandfærdig Beretning om Amerika til Oplysning og Nytte for Bonde og Menigmand.
- Forfattet af en Norsk, som kom derover i Juni Maaned 1837 (A True Report on America for the Enlightenment and Benefit of Farmers and the Common Man.
- Authored by a Norwegian That Came Over in June 1837).
- Popularly known as Amerika-boka (The America Book), the volume was influential in encouraging Norwegian emigration to the United States.
- Rynning's book also describes the first Norwegian emigrant voyage on the sloop Restauration.Rynning died during a malaria epidemic at the Beaver Creek colony, near what is now Beaverville, Illinois.
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