Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-08
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIA:NS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

ING COpIO iAOiu lhS
North.
According to report filed
with the Foreign Office at CO.
penhagen, the latest Canadian
census gives the number of Danes
residing in Canada as 21,126.
Emigration to Canada from Den
mark during the last few years
was distributed as follows: In
1921, $50 persons emigrated to
the Dominion; in 1922 there
were 351; in 1923 the number
was increased to 1881, and the
following year suddenly scared to
1886; but the figure for. 1925 was
only 1913. Danish emigration to
Canada is of comparatively re-
cent origin, and the. majority of
Danes living north of the border
line are found in Alberta (6772)
and Saskatchewan (428O.
Gets New Post.
Ben Blessum last week was ap-
pointed manager of the Norwe-
gian bureau of the Foreign Lang
uage Information Service, New
York, and will succeed E.. Sund-
bye-Hansen. Mr.. Blessum re-
tains his position as director of
the Norwegian Government Rail
ways Travel Bureau in New
York. A native of Wisconsin,
Mr.. Blessum was brought up in
Norway, travelled and studied ex-
tensively in various European
countries as we'll as in the United
States, and enjoys a fine reputa-
ton as a painter and a magazine
writer.
To Present ''KinangOZi".
Earle Carlton, theater manager
of New York, has secured from
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden the
American dramatic rights for the
play, "Kinangozi", written by
the prince. The play will be
presented in a Broadway theater
late this summer, and it is pos
sib1e that it's royal author who
is contemplating an American
tour-will be present on the oc-
casion of the first performance.
National Celebration.
The Danish Central Committee
for Minneapolis and ST. Paul has
decided to arrange what is to
be known as the first annual
Danish national celebration in
the Twin Cities. 1t will take
place June. - Immediately after
the close of the annual conven-
ticn of the Danish Lutheran
Evangelical Church of America,
and program is now being pre-
pared. Plans are on foot for
inducing attendance from practi-
cally, every part of the North
west, and announcement is soon
to be made of the names of the
principal speakers secured for
the occasion.
Studying Journalism.
Ludwig Larsen, managing editor
of "Drammens Tidende.o, Dram
men, Norway, has arrived in the
United States to study practical
American newspaperwork. Mr..
Larsen recently received the
Mohr journalism scholarship,
amounting to 1880 kroner. He
is a native Of Kongsberg, but has
for many years been affiliated
with papers in Drammen, first
with Buskeruds Blad", and
lately with "Drammens Tidende"
Mr.. Larsen who for several years
has been director of the Buske-
rud Newspapermen's association,
is also member of the executive
board of the Norwegian Press
League.
Scientific Expedition.
Stanley Hedberg, a Swedish
American savant, who is the his
torian of the Matthey Stirling
expedition which explores the in
terror of New Guinea, last week
returned from Sourabaya to Java
to take charge of an airplane
that has been turned over the
expedition for use in connection
with the New Guinea explora-
ton. Mr.. Hedberg is expected
to make the trip to New Guinea
by airplane, and he will record
all the scientific observations
made in the course of the work.
Wants to Come Here.
Anton Bast, Scandinavian bish-
op of the M. E. church, who
was recently convicted of fraud
before court in Denmark, has
applied to the king for pardon.