Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-16
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

For some time it has been gen.
orally rumored that President
Coolidge's apparent interest in
Americans of Norwegian birth
and descent-as evidenced by his
address at the Centennial in the
Twin Cities-in some measure
might be traced back to the fact
that one of Mrs. Coolidge's most
intimate friends is Norwegian
lady, but until few days ago her
name had been withheld. Now it
is learned that she is Miss Their
csc Christensen who came to
Boston from Larvik, Norway,
while a school girl, and who now
lives at Northampton, Mass.
She spends a great deal of her
time at the White House and at
the White Court, Swampscott.
Mass.
A Sprightly Centenarian.
Mrs. Marie Carlson of Brook
lyn, N. Y, native of Sundsvall,
Sweden, last week celebrated her
one hundredth birthday by dane
ing a number of folk dances in
the presence of a large crowd of
friends and relatives who had
come to honor her on the occa-
sion of her birthday anniversary.
Her many years appear to rest
lightly on Mrs. Carlson's Shout
ders, for it is said that she
danced as gracefully as young
girl.
To Establish Contact.
Julius Moritzen, an American
newspaperman who is a native
of Denmark, recently has estab-
lished an organization called
Scandinavian Authors League
for the purpose of bringing Scan
dinavian authors in contact with
American publishers so that lit
erary works from the Northern
countries in increasing numbers
will become accessible in the
English language.
Compiling Material.
Johannes Wong, a newspaper
editor from Oslo, Norway. last
week arrived in Minneapolis
where he took steps to compile
material about Norwegian settle
ments in the northwest; the in
formation which Mr.. Wong gath
ers there and elsewhere in the
coures of his travels in this coun-
try, will be used in a book to be
named Norwegian Immigrants
and Merchants in the United
States.
Summa cum laude.
Among the graduates of the
State University of Minnesota
this summer are two Swedes who
received the very highest mark
obtainable, namely the so-called
''summa cum laude" in addition
to their degree as Bachelor of
Arts. The men are Helmer o.
Oleson and Sven Axel Nelson,
and the latter has been in the
United States only four years.
He now returns to Sweden to en-
ter journalistic work.
Will Protest.
1t is rumored that the Danish
government will enter an official
protest against a pending Ameri-
can plan which is to the effect
that certain customs officials
now stationed in Europe be given
rank as legation attaches. If the
plan is carried through it will
mean that the officials will be in
a better position than now to OBJ
tain all the desired information
about the cost of production of
goods being exported to the Uni
ted States. The press of Den
mark is incensed because Ameri-
ca demands of the foreign mer-
chants certain confidential infor-
nation which not even the au-
thorities Of Denmark ask for.
Nestos Goes Abroad.
On Saturday of this week for
mer Governor r A. Nestos of
North Dakota will close a three
months lecture trip through the
southern part of the country.
and will then go to Norwey to
visit his mother at Voss; later
in the summer Mr.. Nestos is
planning to visit Russia, Poland.
Austria, Hungary. France and
England. He began his lecture
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