Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-19
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
GUSTAV IT ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
Crown Prince of Sweden Will be
Honorary President of HIS
Country's Display
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
Mr.. w. w. Kohlsaat, United States
commission er for the WORLDS falr III
st. Louis, who recently arrived Ito"
Gothenburg in Stockholm has calleu on
Crown Prince Gustaf requesting MIN
to become honorary president oi Tue
Swedish exposition, viz: TO serve ~
the same capacity as the crown
Drince Of England will do to the
Epu,ish exhibition i'm st. Louis. Crown
Prince Gustaf has consented to accept
the position and visit the eXhlDltlon at
ST Louis, provided the king appoints
him. Mr. Kohlsaat has to SWedlsh
papers expressed his regrets that
Sweden's industry will not be ofnclally
represented. at is true" said MI.
Kohlsaat to the Sagens Nyhster that
many individual business men have
promised to represent Swedish nous-
try. but if Sweden could have come
with a national industrial exhibit II
would have redounded much credit on
her and would have been productive
of much international business be-
tween Sweden and the United States.
Mr.. Kohlsaat deserves much credit
for his untiring efforts in endeavoring
to secure an official industrial repre-
sentative exhibition from Sweden I'M
ST. Louis. but it seems that he has
worked against great obstacles says
a Swedish-American correspondent to
the Stockholm Tidningen.
Professor Antonio Borzi, director OF
the botanical gardens in Palermo, is
at present visiting Stockholm and es-
pecially Upsala The. professor has
Just arrived from an extensive tour
through Finland He is a great friend
of the SweGes and speaks Swedish al
most fiuently. The professor has re-
Gently translated Selma Lagerlof's
'"The Queens of Kungahalla" to the
Italian, accompanied by an historic
prologue.
Stockholm's philanthropic funds, &C
cording to an official report amount to
$1S.000,000. About one-half is for help
and provisions to poor people and one
quarter for treatment of sick and edu-
cation of poor children. Some of the
but by far the greater part has been
given during the last thirty years, dur
in" which time the country has
emerged from poverty to relative pros
perity.
Richard Neustadt has written an ar
ticle in a recent issue of the Berliner
Tageblatt entitled 'The Land of the
Midnight Sun" A tourist trip to the
cape is described, and, says the writer,
high up on the northermost part Of
Sweden there is land which in point
of grandeur of scenery and majestic
beauty and a wild romantic nature.
cannot be eXcelled by any country in
Europe.
Statistics of recent date show that
during the first seven months of the
present year, 1.341 $4,000 Kilograms
of iron has been exported to foreign
countries. No other country in the
world exports so much iron ore as
Sweden.
Axel Nordgvist, the opera singer,
son of Kopellmeister Conrad Nordgvst
has been engaged at the Vasa teatern
Mr.. Nordgvist's sudden severance from
the opera has caused much comment in
musical circles in Stockholm
King Oscsr has appointed an au-
tomoble committee consisting of chief
of police Rubenson, J. Schotte and Pro-
fessor Lundho,m. 1t will be the bust
ness of this committee to regulate the
automobile traffic
King Oscar returned to Stockholm
Sept. 10. He rendered a rabbit hunt
to a select number of his friends at
Hven Sept. and g. Among the guests
was Crown Prince Fredrik of Dem
mark
Count Fl. Spens has been appointed
military attache to the Swedish-Nor-
wegian legation in Rome Count
Spens was formerly ''ryttmastare' at
the Skanska hussar regiment.
August Hagborg. the Swedish artist
from Paris has now returned to
Sweden and states that he will now
locate in Stockholm. Mr. Hagborg
has lived in Paris since 1875.
There are four noblemen who are
at present doing duty as constables on
the Stockholm police force. They are
Gyllenhammar, Gyllensvard, Planting
Gyllenbaga and Rjornberg.
-. Captain T. TakikaWa, of the Japsn-
csc legation in Berlin, is at present a
guest In official circles in Stockholm.
The captain is accompanied by three
Japanese naval officers.