The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-09-17
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
MOURN FOR LAURA FIT1NGHoFF
Death of the Well Known Authoress
Causes Profound Sorrow in
Literary Circles.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
The recent death Of the we'll known
woman author, Laura Fitinghoff, has
caused profound sorrow in all literary
circles OF the country Laura Fitting
hoH died Aug. II and was when she
died over sixty years old. Ever since
1850 she has been busy as bee and
ner pen has turned out series of
works, which have pleased thousands
OF her readers and which shall always
hVe after her. Among some Of the
most popular novels that she has
turned out are the following: "A Lit
tie World Among the Crags," "When
the Buds Begin to Sprout,' "Spring
Air." 1.-THE Old Peninsula" etc., and
a number Of other sketches too numer-
Gus to mention. She was a woman
with a sympathetic disposition and
was always willing to lend a helping
hand to- the poor.
| There is one man in Sweden who
can boast Of having the largest num-
Der Of decorations Of honor Of the fore
most rank. Whether he makes it a
point to solicit them or not, is not
known, but certain it is that he has
large collection Of them. A few
| days ago he was decorated with the
order Of tie Black Eagle, and he al
ready held the order of the Seraphim,
the Danish order of the Elephant and
| the P1ussian order of the Black Eagle.
All of these are first class orders, but
Won Essen-for that is his name-also
holds the grand cross Of the Order of
Vasa, the order of the French Legion
Of Honor, the British order Of Victoria
and three other orders of high rank,
not to mention number Of orders of
lower rank.
The London Daily Mail contains an
article, which teens with praise for
the people and scenery in Dalarne., It
refers in very complimentary langua &c
to tile Bergslands railway, which
passes through the most picturesque
stretch of all Sweden and urges the
tourist to stop at Siljan and learn
some of the beautiful Swedish folk
| dances. The author of the article.
who it appears has for a long period
been residing at Ludvika, urges Eng
lish tourists to by all means visit this
interesting portion Of Sweden.
August Strindberg, the noted author
and playwright, is at present engaged
IN writing new Swedish drama,
which is entitled "Gustavus Vasa." and
comprises the days of his youth. A
third drama is being prepared, which
wall deal with the last days of the hero
king: 1t is said that Strindberg has
put down his greatest work on this last
drama and that it will be the crown
ing event in his literary career.
During the recent historical congress
IN Berlin, which was represented by
about one thousand delegates, Sweden
was very we'll represented. Prominent
among Sweden's thirty representatives
was Professor Hjarne, whose paper on
Gustavus Adolphus was a genuine
| masterpiece. He scored storms of an
plause and was given a rising vote of
| thanks.
A Japanese civil engineer and a
| prominent Japanese physician. DR..
Mizuno, are at present paying a visit
to Sweden and have spent the past two
weeks in Stockholm, where they have
been the guests Of many of the city's
| leading clubs and societies. Both Of
| the orientals are enthusiastic about
! Sweden and have stated that it is their
| Intention to return again next summer.
Pontus Hanson, one of Stockholm's
crack swimmers, swan a distance of
seven English miles the other day and
| did not seem unusually fatigued after
| covering this long distance. Mr.. Han
t son holds several medals for long dis
! lance swimming contests in different
parts Of Europe. He probably will
| come to America next summer.
Queen Victoria and Dowager Ouch
ess Louise of Baden arrived at Eriiks-
berg during the latter part Of last
month and have been enjoying a fort
| nights rest there. The Swedish queen
is at present enjoying rather good
health and may be able to defer her
usual trip to southern Europe for an
indefniae period.
King GUSTAV visited Kalmar last
week. The new Swedish king will
soon earn the title ''the travelling king"
as he seems to be busy journeying all
the time. King Gustaf proposes to
get acquainted throughout his king
dom and this, needless to state, suits
| his subjects immensely.
There is strike in the shoe fac
tories Of Stockholm, which involves
about seven to eight hundred men. At
present there is no hope of subduing
1t and good many weeks may elapse
before employers and employees can
hope to get together
The national government has en-
dorsed plan to have the city of Lund
borrow for purchasing real estate the
sum Of $1,4S5,000 for completing GER
tain public works and making addi-
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