Ole Rynning (April 4, 1809 – September 1838) was a Norwegian emigrant pioneer and author.
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.
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.
Popularly known as Amerika-boka (The America Book),[3][4] the volume was influential in encouraging Norwegian emigration to the United States.
[1] Rynning died during a malaria epidemic at the Beaver Creek colony,[1][7] near what is now Beaverville, Illinois.