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June 8, 1997
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Norwest Funds ("Registrant")
File Nos. 33-9645; 811-4881
CIK: 0000804235
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), the
undersigned hereby certifies that the form of prospectuses ("Stock Funds",
"Income Funds", "Money Market Funds", "Tax-Free Income Funds" and "Norwest
Advantage Funds") relating to each applicable series of the Registrant that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act, would
not have differed from that contained in the most recent amendment to the
Registrant's registration statement. This further certifies that the text of
such registration statement amendment, dated June 2, 1997, was filed with the
Commission via EDGAR on June 2, 1997 (accession no.:0000912057-97-019290).
Sincerely,
Norwest Funds
By: /s/ John Y. Keffer
John Y. Keffer, Chairman
and President
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