Astri My Astri Publishing

Astri My Astri Publishing is solely owned by Deb Nelson Gourley. Deb was raised on a 155-year-old Norwegian ancestral farm in Fillmore County, Minnesota. She received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Minnesota. The name Astri comes from the name Astri Herbrandsdatter 1812 that was written on an old immigrant trunk. Deb rescued the trunk from the burn pile at age 8. It was later discovered that the trunk belonged to Astri Herbrandsdatter Børtnes Syversrud, Deb’s great-great-great-grandmother, who had emigrated from Norway in 1857. The name Astri, My Astri comes from Astri, Mi Astri, the name of an old Norwegian folksong. The song was based on the 2,000-year-old Horace’s Ode to Lydia.