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{{Short description|Private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Gustavus Adolphus College | image = Gustavus Adolphus College seal.png | image_upright = 0.7 | former_names = Minnesota Elementarskola (1862β1865)<br />St. Ansgar's Academy<br />(1865β1873)<br />Gustavus Adolphus Literary & Theological Institute<br />(1873β1876) | motto = ''E Caelo Nobis Vires''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gustavus.edu/publications/style/seal.cfm|title=Marketing and Communication|publisher=Gustavus Adolphus College}}</ref> | mottoeng = Strength Comes To Us From Heaven | established = {{start date and age|1862}} | type = [[Private college|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] | affiliation = | religious_affiliation = [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] | endowment = $281.6 million (2021)<ref>As of June 31, 2021. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDE |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Endowment Market Value, and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21| publisher=NACUBO |date=February 18, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> | budget = $144.6 million (2020)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kennedy|first1=Patrick|title=The Nonprofit 100|url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-top-nonprofits/600006951/|website=StarTribune News|publisher=Minneapolis StarTribune|access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> | president = [[Rebecca M. Bergman]] | provost = Brenda Kelly<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gustavus.edu/profiles/bkelly|title=Faculty and Staff|publisher=Gustavus Adolphus College}}</ref> | students = 2,100 | city = [[St. Peter, Minnesota]] | country = United States | campus = {{convert|1.38|km2|abbr=on}}<br />or {{convert|138|ha|acre|abbr=on}} | colors = Black and Gold <br />{{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FFD700}} | sporting_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] β [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|MIAC]] | sports_nickname = Golden Gusties | mascot = Gus the Lion | website = {{url|https://gustavus.edu/| gustavus.edu}} | logo = Gustavus adolphus college minn logo.png | logo_size = 200 | faculty = 170 full-time }} '''Gustavus Adolphus College''' ({{IPAc-en|Ι‘|Ι|s|Λ|t|eΙͺ|v|Ι|s}} {{respell|gΙs|TAY|vΙs}}) is a [[Private university|private]] [[liberal arts college]] in [[St. Peter, Minnesota]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/gustavus-adolphus-college|title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Gustavus Adolphus|work=The New York Times}}</ref> It was founded in 1862 by [[Swedish Americans]] led by [[Eric Norelius]] and is affiliated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]. Gustavus was named for [[Gustavus Adolphus]], the [[Monarchy of Sweden|King]] of [[Sweden]] from 1611 to 1632. Its residential campus includes a 125-acre arboretum.
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