Tales of Murdock: AFA’s newest MN Apprentice Folkbuilder has an interesting personal history

Checking in on the Facebook page for the Baldurshof: Third Hof of the Asatru Folk Assembly the white supremacist pagan group that is repurposing a former church in sunny Murdock, we saw the image in the screenshot above, with the message:

Congratulations Nathan and welcome to the team!I have no doubt that you will do amazing things!

Please join me in welcoming Nathan Erlandson of Minnesota as the AFA’s newest Apprentice Folkbuilder. Nathan hasAFA’s newest MN Apprentice Folkbuilder, has an interesting personal history #Murdock #HaterMN #OnlyTheBestput in huge effort at Baldurshof, creating a worthy temple for the shining God. Nathan joins an amazing team in a dynamic region and we are eager to watch the growth and development of the AFA Northern Plains over the months and years to come!

Hail Nathan Erlandson!

Hail the AFA Northern Plains!

https://www.runestone.org/new-apprentice-folkbuilder-31/

That fine fellow looks a lot like another Nathan Erlandson, whose image and information are kept here. Screenshot:

 

That certainly appears to be the same fellow, though me must say he's cleaned up some for the AFA mug shot.

Here's another case in which Mr. Erlandson was involved:

State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Nathan Michael Erlandson, Appellant. uploaded by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd

Clearly, the pagan group is bringing some of the finest examples of Caucasian manhood to Murdock. Perhaps the decision of the Murdock City Council to invest in a Swift Co Sheriff office patrol contract is a prudent decision. Court records show that Mr. Erlandson has been convicted of five felonies, the most recent from a 2016 offense (73-CR-16-3565).

We're reminded of a post from last summer, AFA gothar coordinator's life changed from police shoot-out & prison to serving old Gods, although we're told by a non-pagan source in Murdock that Blaine K. Qualls has left the organization. Update: At the Murdock meeting about the AFA in December, the group's lawyer, Alan Turnage, said that Qualls had left the AFA; the details were "personal."

Related posts:

• Murdock Area Alliance Against Hate launches Green Ribbon campaign against white supremacy
• Creator of "Stop the Asatru Folk Assembly" Change.org petition adds a note about donations
• West Central Tribune: city leaders & Murdock Area Alliance Against Hate to criticism of town
• Arrival of Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock prompts Swift Co Sheriff office patrol contract
• From Willmar to Washington: more on Murdock's approval of Asatru Folk Assembly hof permit
• Star Tribune: Murdock council anonymous vote on Asatru Folk Assembly permit may have violated Minnesota's open meeting law
• Murdock city council approves permit for whites-only Asatru Folk Assembly to re-purpose church
• Baldurshof: Third Hof of the Asatru Folk Assembly setting up in Murdock, Minnesota
• AFA gothar coordinator's life changed from police shoot-out & prison to serving old Gods
• Bluestem in the news: Strib & the Intercept
• Quiet protest is start of anti-hate movement in Murdock (West Central Tribune)
• WC Trib: "Murdock City Council, on advice of city attorney, not commenting" on whites-only group
• Resident: "We really don’t want to be known in Murdock as the center of hate in Minnesota"

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Comments

[Steve Kaplan]

WOW. What a nifty piece of journalist. Congratulations.