Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-02-24
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
MEN OF CULTURE AT BANQUET
Occasion Is the Celebration of the
Stockholm AftonbIadet's Seven
ty-Fifth Anniversary.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stock holm.
! The "Aftonbladet.'' the leading
evening paper Of Stockholm, cele-
brated its 10Th anniversary January 70
at Hotel Fenix. Covers were laid for
| 200 and at the banquet board sat some
of Swedens most prominent and cul-
tured men. Notable among those pres
ent were their exceIlencies Staaf,
! Biesert. Berg. Bergstrom and Tamm,
a large number of the representatives
of the Swedish riksdag and a number
Of the city's leading representatives, of
the press. The founder of Alton
bladet was Lars .Johan Hierta and a
toast in honor Of his memory was de
liyered hy Editor-in-Chief S0hlman 1t
was a red letter event in the history
/ Of The Aft0nbIadet, which now is re-
garded as SWeden's greatest evening
paper.
The Association France-Scandinav
will during the coming summer make
an extensive tour through Scandinavia.
The intention was to visit Sweden
and Norway last summer, but for
some reason the excursion was post
! poned. The excursion Will consist of
about sixty persons and will visit
I4und, Malmo, Eoganas. Gothenburg,
! Dalarne, Upsala, rounding up at Up
sala September 10. A number of the
party will visit the principal points
of interest in Norway.
The Swedish consul general in HAM
burg reports that a company named
the Nordisehe kustenfahrt Aktien &C.
| sellscaff has been organized with a
capital of 100000 crowns and will con-
duct a general freight and traffic bust
ness between Hamburg and Gothen-
burg and HUsum. The director-in
chief of this company is +. L. Sloman,
a we'll known Swedish business man,
who has been in the exporting bust
ness for q number Of years.
Consul Karl Lithman, of Cane Town,
South Africa, is at present in Stock
| holm. Mi Iithman is senior member
of the exporting firm OF Lithman &
/ Co. of Cane Town. and has been Swed-
| ish- Norwegian consul there for q num-
| Der of years He Will return to Cape
Town during the early part Of next
! month.
The kings bali and reception on the
evening of January p was a brilliant
affair. It was attended by 600 per-
sons chosen from diplomatic and so
ciety ranks of Stockholm. The royal
| dinner was served from 10 to 1880.
Dancing began promptly at II NJ,
closing at l a. m.
Skansen was last year visited by.
613.944 persons. This open air muse
UNI is in summer StOckholm's greatest
attraction. A troupe of Skansen
dancers are at present touring in the
/ United States. giving a series of pop.
ular folk dances.
! An English syndicate has purchased
1000 acres of land in RydahoIm. They
are principally marsh lands and the
syndicate proposes to manufacture
peat in large quantities in this vicinity.
The Society of Science, Literature
and Art of Gothenburg celebrated its
| 129th anniversary January "A. Pro
fessor G. A. Mebius, the president, de-
livered the anniversary address.
/ A wood chopper named Alexander
Johnson drew the highest ticket at
| Dramatic cheater lottery during its last
| drawing The lucky winner is now
the possessor Of 10000 crowns.
Sir CIaes Cederstrom and Lieu
oil ha bnf
| been awarded the cross of Dannebrog.
| The two gentlemen are widely known
| in military circles in Sweden.
| Last year Stockholm received 613.-
| 944 visitors. In 1904 there We're ST.
/ $40 persons. who visited the city, thus
showing an increase in the number Of
visitors amounting to 36,432
| The medal "Iiteris ct artibus" has
/ been awarded to Albert Iindsstrom.
organist of St Jacobs church. MIR.
Lindstrom is regarded as Sweden's
greatest church organist.
During the year Of 1905. Sweden ex-
ported not less than 3,316.206 tons of
iron ore to foreign countries. Most
of it went to England and Germany.
Sweden's stone export last year
amounted to more than 100000
crowns Nearly all the, stone was ex-
| ported to Germany and Denmark.
Carl Carlander, the opera singer,
has been engaged for next season by
Director Albert Ranft of the Royal
: Opera
The Falun copper mine is the Iarg