Born in Valdres, Norway, June 10th, 1825. County history reports the arrival here of the first body of Norwegian settlers in the latter part of June, 1850. Of this party Mr. Lommen was a member. He has married in Norway and immigrated to the United State in 1848, when only twenty-three years old. He and his wife tarried in Wisconsin for two years before coming to Iowa. Mr. Lommen was a man of the strictest integrity. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield and the Decorah M.E. Church. During his life time he held numerous township offices and during the few years in which the Board of Supervisors consisted of one representative from each township he was the chosen one from Springfield. In 1869 he was elected a member of the House for the 13th General Assembly.