8 Rose Nylund St Olaf Stories to Start Your Day

Everyone loves Rose Nylund, St. Olaf's woman of the year, the would be Butter Queen champion. When Rose walks into a room, you know she is going to come ready with one of her famous St. Olaf Story- even if it doesn't necessarily seem like it is going to relate to what is happening- she always comes through at the end with a lesson we didn't know we needed. From The Great Herring to Gunilla Ulfsdattir to the loss of Butter Queen (hasn't she suffered enough??). Put these on your ring tone and start your morning off St. Olaf style!

What is your favorite St. Olaf story and why? Let us know in the comments below!
Clips are from:

1. The Way We Met (S1 E25)
2. Ladies of the Evening (S2 E2)
3. Big Daddy (S1 E24)
4. Sick and Tired (S5 E1)
5. Adult Education (S1 E20)
6. Nice and Easy (S1 E17)
7. The Stan Who Came To Dinner (S2 E13)
8. Not Another Monday (S5 E7)

CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:13 - The Great Herring War
2:15 - Butter Queen
3:57 - Tuna Up Main Street
5:12 - Gustav Lundquist
7:24 - Nils Ice Cream Scoops
8:13 - A Week Later We Became Lutherans
10:19 - Thor, Our Pet Lamb
11:32 - Gunilla Olfstatter, St. Olaf's Angel of Death
12:32 - Outro

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[jessicalinder]

Love the st olaf stories, gives character to Rose, love the golden girls anyway, each are special in there own way that makes the golden girls great!😊

[nyernga]

Bettys ability to keep a straight face is a testament to her skill as an to mention comedic timing

[Mxyzptlksac]

Betty was so good at telling ridiculous things with a straight face. It made it seemed funnier. She was believable

[twistoffate]

I nearly spit out my drink when Rose mentioned "St. Olaf's meanest ventriloquist" lol.

[ChrisAnne]

Knowing she ad libbed the Great Herring War makes it even more amazing!

[terrariaguidestipsandgamep]

“Oh, THAT Great Herring War!” That always gets me!

[NexForemose]

The fact that Betty White can spout these stories off with such a straight race and not break until later, is some serious talent. No way I'd be able to do that.

[Sattnin]

Rue and Bea broke character laughing so hard during the great herring war story. In an interview Rue said she and Bea looked at each other and finally they couldn't contain themselves and just broke out in laughter. You can see Rue and Bea covering their faces trying to hide their laughs. When Bea asks if they ever shot a herring out of a cannon that was it.

[mooremob]

The person who wrote the lines for Betty is a genius, and Betty’s delivery is sensational

[andrewkyle]

Rose is like Tim Conway...keeps going w a str8 face when everyone else is finally losing it!! Legendary!!

[Lorenzo-hufh]

The herring story is still my Seeing Dorothy and Blanche losing it is THE BEST

[robarnold]

Rose was funnier over a mere thirteen minutes than most of today’s comedians are in their entire careers. Rest In Peace, Ms. White!!! You were a gem!

[gregjames]

When writers could make us belly laugh without swearing or sex. True genius.

[queenfan]

How’d Betty keep a straight face while Bea and Rue were losing it lmao

[sophiacanche]

I like how the girls in prison were genuinely invested Rose’s story

[haralamposventis]

Rose: "for 16 hears my whole life revolved around butter." Dorothy's response is awesome: "You were very fortunate. So many of us wasted our youth!"

[TheSalabama]

Thank you for being my friends. Oh, how I miss Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia. RIP Ladies

[CoRLex-jhvx]

"A week later, we became lutherans" is one of the most underrated punchlines this show ever had

[BlackEcho]

“Tell me Rose did they ever shoot a herring out of a cannon?” - Dorothy
“Only once but they shot it him into a tree. After that no other herring would do it.” - Rose
😂😂😂
My favorite St Olaf Story. Absolutely hysterical .. I laugh every time I watch this scene.. How Betty White kept a straight face I’ll never know.. May she Rest In Peace. Absolutely loved her

[darlaleasure]

All my girls are gone 😪. I still watch them. 😀 they brighten my day.