St. Olaf, Minnesota - The fictional hometown of Rose Nylund (Betty White) a widowed senior citizen on the sitcom THE GOLDEN GIRLS/NBC/1985-92. Now sharing a home in Miami Beach, Florida with two other women, Rose often reminisced about her Minnesota roots. Her memories included that fact that St. Olaf is the "Broken Hip Capital of the Midwest." She added "We revere our old people and put them on a pedestal-but they fall off and break bones."

After her marriage ceremony, Rose and her husband Charlie followed the age-old St. Olaf wedding tradition: "You tie a dead fish to the back of the wedding car. You drive until you can't stand the smell anymore and that is where you live."

St. Olaf was also the home of Rose's farm where she kept a her special pet pig named Lester who could predict the Oscar® Awards by wiggling his tail. 

TRIVIA NOTE: Although the town of St. Olaf is fictional, there is a St. Olaf College located in Northfield, Minnesota just 35 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

If you keep a look out, the Rose Nylund character is seen using St. Olaf College merchandise (sweatshirts, and mugs) on certain episodes.

In addition, the folks at St. Olaf College even made Betty White an honorary member of the Theta Alpha Phi, the school's dramatic society.

External Links

• St. Olaf College