The Scandinavian Evangelical Church was organized in the town of Clinton; P315 gives the time as the summer of 1849 at the house of Even Larsen, while P111 gives the year 1849 at the house of Sven Lursen.

The evidence

• “Andrewson, and the time of organization is given in a historic sketch left by Rev. Andrewson, as the summer of 1849, at the house of Even Larsen. The records of the first meeting have unfortunately been lost.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 133 / book p. 642

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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• “The Scandinavian Evangelical Church was organized in the town of Clinton, in the year 1849, at the house of Sven Lursen, the discipline and government for churches of the Frankean Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the State of New York, being adopted pro tempore as its constitution. Trustees and Deacons were also elected, but, unfortunately, the papers containing the names, as well as those of the first members, are lost, so perforce we must omit them.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 649 / book p. 653

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources