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A fact from John Offerdahl appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that five-time Pro Bowl linebacker John Offerdahl founded a chain of bagel restaurants, helped rescue an elderly couple from drowning, and may have foiled a murder attempt?
Hi I have a question regarding the family-name Offerdahl. My guess from the spelling is that it is originally Norwegian. A famous person in the norwegian catholic church Olav Offerdahl 1857-1930 also has that name. Does John Offerdahl has norwegian kinship? Futhermore does the name relate to the swedish parish Offerdal located in Jämtland (where I have many relatives) and wich I strongly suspect it does? I have not been able to find answers to these questions wich is the reason I ask them here.
/Olof Edler, 28 May 2008, Uppsala, Sweden
