Editing Gustavus Adolphus College (section)

=== Politics and public service ===
* [[Theodore C. Almquist]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Brigadier General
* [[G. Barry Anderson]], Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (sworn into office 2004), Class of 1976
* [[John Anderson (Wisconsin senator)|John Anderson]], Wisconsin State Senator
* [[Kristin Bahner]], politician in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019 and organizer of one of the largest single-day events in Minnesota history
* [[Mark W. Bennett]], Judge, [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa]]
* [[Jack Bergman]], Lieutenant General, [[United States Marine Corps]] (Ret.), Congressman representing [[Michigan's 1st congressional district]] [[Norman Carlson]], Director of [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] (1970–1987), President of the American Correctional Association (ACA), [[University of Minnesota]] Professor of Sociology (1987–1998)
* [[Joanell Dyrstad]], [[Minnesota Lieutenant Governor]] (1991–1995)
* [[Adolph Olson Eberhart]], [[Minnesota Governor]] (1909–1915)
* [[James D. Ford]], former [[Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives]]
* [[David Hann]], former [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican]] [[List of Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate|leader]] in the [[Minnesota Senate]]
* [[Margaret Anderson Kelliher]], former [[Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives]]
* [[Harold LeVander]], Minnesota Governor (1967–1971)
* [[Paul A. Magnuson]], Senior Judge, [[U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota]]
* [[Allen Quist]], former Minnesota state representative and candidate for state governor
* [[Magnus Ranstorp]], an internationally renowned expert on [[terrorism]] and [[counter-terrorism]].
* [[Samantha Vang]], politician serving in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] since 2019.
* [[Gwen Walz]], First Lady of Minnesota (since 2019)
* [[Luther Youngdahl]], [[Governor of Minnesota]] (1947–1951) and Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]] (1951–1978)
* [[Oscar Youngdahl]], U.S. representative