Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-08
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

chief of the New York Times,
has been appointed a commander
of the Norwegian St. Olaf order,
second class, in recognition of the
active interest which he for
years has displayed in things Nor
wegian. DIR. Finley, for years
a prominent member of the Amer
ican-Scandinavian Foundation, has
visited Norway frequently, and al
so lectured in that country on
American topics. The insignia
of the St. Olav order were handed
to him by Norwegian Minister H.
H. Bryn who had come to New
York from Washington for the oc-
casion.
Kruskopf Here.
Anders Kruskopf, newspaper
man of Gothenburg, Sweden, who
at present is studying American
journalism in California, was
awarded first prize in an essay
contest arranged last week by the
management of chain of Califor-
MAN restaurants upon the topic
of How to Improve Restaurant
Service. Mr.. Kruskopf who not
only studies journalism, but who
also acts as correspondent to pa
pers in his native country, had
for some time devoted his atten-
ton to certain phases of Amer
lean restaurant life, and his OBJ
servations formed the basis for
his prize winning essay.
LOwden's Farewell.
When leaving Denmark last
week for, Sweden, Ex-Governor
Frank O. Lowden of Illinois ex-
planned that he had been greatly
impressed by the progress made
by Danish farmers along all lines.
Farmers in Denmark with eleven
acres" he said, live as well and
prosperously as many American
farmers with many times as much
land" What also impressed the
former Illinois state executive was
the fact that he found telephones
and electric light and power on
nearly every Danish farm he Wis
tied; he likewise was interested
in noting the extent to which
the farmers of Denmark take adj
vantage of the radio.
Boys Orchestra Coming.
Ordinarily it is Norwegian
American musical organizations
that go to Norway for concert
tours, but it looks as though there
is to be reciprocity now, for a
boys orchestra of the Norwegian
city of Hamar is planning to tour
the United States late this sum-
mer. There are seventy boys in
the group, and critics say that
they play surprisingly well. Ac-
cording to reports, the trip is be-
ing arranged by a steamship COM
pany which undertakes to defray
all expenses upon the condition
that it be given a certain share of
the revenues accruing from the
tour.
Singers Make Hit.
The Swedish Nordstjernan
North Starr male choir of Chi
cago arrived in Sweden last week
and was given such an enthusiast
tic reception that it was classified
as a veritable ovation. The sing
ers have given concerts in Stock
holm, Gothenburg, Upsala and
other cities and will spend few
weeks singing in practically all
important cities of the old home
land. They attribute the cor
diality of their welcome to the
fact that the citizens of Sweden
in this manner wish to show their
appreciation of the great enthu-
siasm with which the Swedish
crown prince and his censort have
been received in the United
States.
"Parley" in Denmark.
Peter Farley Christensen of
Chicago, Farmer-Labor candidate
for president of the United States
in 1920, recently visited Denmark
the native country of his pa
rents enroute to North Cape.
Mr.. Christensen has been in Den
mark on several former occasions,
and generally has been inter-
viewed by the press concerning
American politics. This time,
however, he said he was merely
on pleasure trip, and did not
want to be quoted in public.
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