Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-14
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

North.
Halvor Jacobsen, who was for
twelve years American general
passenger agent for the Scan
dinavian-American Line of Co
penhagen, was the guest of honor
at a banquet which 81 heads Of
steamship and railroad lines ar
ranged at Hotel >Biltmore, New
York, the other day to express
their appreciation of the cooper
alton Mr.. Jacobsen had always
given them until he resigned his
position on January 1. The day
after this banquet Mr.. Jacobsen
was host to all the New York
employees of the line as we'll as
to all the principal agents of the
company in various cities of the
United States and Canada.
Comes Here to Lecture.
DR.. Harald Krabbe Schjelderup,
professor. of philosophy at the
University of Oslo, Norway, is
planning to attend an interna-
tional gathering of philosophers
which will be held in Boston
during the coming summer; fol-
lowing the adjournment of this
meeting DIR. Schjelderup will
lecture for six weeks at the sum-.
mer school of the Minnesota
state university, according to
plans recently outlined, and ac-.
copied by him.
Riches Await Him.
Louis Frederick Halleen, a
wedish-American who is at the
present time incarcerated in the
New York State Reformatory at
Elmira, N. Y, where he must re-
main until August of this year,
will, upon completion of his
term receive a check for the
amount of $4,000; this amount
becomes his by virtue of will
left by one of his ,uncles, and it
is reported that the young man
did not even know he had ever
had such an uncle.
Going to Hollywood.
Max Rec, Danish stage design
er of European fame, who has
been in New York for two or
three years, has left for Holly
wood, Cal, where he has been en-
gagged by tro-Goldwyn Film
Co. as art director. Mr.. Rec at.
one time designed the settings
for the weird and grotesque
plays that were presented by.
Max Reinhardt, the pioneer of an
interesting revolution in pro-
gress in the German-Austrian
theater world, on stages in vari-
Gus parts of the European CONT
nent.
Changes Hands.
Norgeposten, a Norwegian
weekly newspaper that was
founded in Brooklyn, N. Y, less
than two years ago, has been
taken over by a recently formed
concern, Norgeposten, Inc. N.
Renning has been appointed edi-
tor Of the paper, and other MEM
bers of the editorial staff will be
Oscar Haavig and Sigurd Gjert-
sen. The paper, according to re-
ports, has experienced a good
deal of difficulty during the short
period elapsed since it was found
ed, but it is now said that in the
future it will be amply financed.
To Raise Coffee.
A large group of emigrants
from Sweden arrived at Bogota,
Colombia, early this month and
will found a settlement in that
republic, depending for a liveli-
hood chiefly on the raising of
coffee. According to the Colon
bian consul general in Sweden, a
considerable number of 'Swedes
have signified their intention of
going to South America In the
near future, especially because
working conditions in Sweden
just now are very unsatisfactory.
Ansgar Celebration.
A Danish tourist organization
is calling the attention of Ameri-
cans to the fact that on July II,
this year, celebration will take
place at SkamIingsbanken, Den
mark, in commemoration of the
arrival of st. Ansgar, who intro
duced Christianity in Denmark,
eleven hundred years ago. 1t is
causing widespread comment
that the celebration apparently
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