Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

North.
A London telegram announces
that the crown prince of Sweden
is planning a trip around the
world, and that in the course of
this journey he will spend three
months in the United States.
The crown prince intends to start
from Stockholm some time in
March, and is expected to so time
his arrival in America that he can
attend the unwilling of the John
Ericsson monument in Washing
ton, D. c.
New Manager.
Hedge Petersen, until recent
ly manager of the Winnipeg Of
flee of the Scandinavian-Ameri-
can Line, on Jan. LIST assumed his
new position as general traffic
manager of the line, with head
quarters in New York. Mr.. Peter
sen who for years has been aft
lated with the Copenhagen office
of the line, succeeds Halvor ia
cobsen; he is 81 years old and
one of the youngest men to be
placed in charge of the passenger
traffic of any European steam
ship corporation in the United
States.
Ssnnichsen's Work.
The Pantage theater in San
Francisco, said to be one of the
most monumental and impressive
buildings in that city, is now
ready for occupancy, and in con-
nection with an announcement
to that effect it is brought out
that its architect is S. Engelhart
Spnnichsen, native of Norway
(Telemarken) who came to the
United States "a years ago, and
who for a number of years has
been considered one of the lead
ing architects of the Pacific
coast.
Reuterdahl Dead.
Henry Reuterdahl,, famous
painter of marine pictures, died
in Washington recently, aged 81
years. He was a native of Malm0,
Sweden, was educated in Stock
holm and came to the United
States in 1893. Mr.. Reuterdahl
attracted nationwide attention
some years ago when he criti
cized the construction of some
of the modern vessels of the
American navy; he was a popu-
lar illustrator of magazines, and
many >of his paintings have been
purchased by prominent public
and private collections in this
country and abroad.
Kronborg Brick Here.
A New York millionaire who
is erecting a skyscraper on
Broadway, conceived, the idea of
having imbedded in the walls of
the structure bricks from a num-
Der of the most famous buildings
in the world. In his collection
he also desired to include brick
from the Kronborg castle at
Helsinger, Denmark, and through
negotiations carried on by his
Copenhagen representative, Ar
chitect Rosenkj@r, the authori-
ties have been persuaded to ac-
commodate him. The brick will be
taken from the arch above the
main entrance to the castle, and
will soon be sent to America.
To the White House.
Kristi Sekse, tapestry weaver
at Norheimsund in the Hardan-
ger district, Norway, recently
completed work on what is
known as the Baldishol tapestry
which has been ordered by a
group of Norwegian-American
women as gift to President and
Mrs. Coolidge The tapestry is
a copy of one made in the
twelfth century, and is said to
be one of the finest specimens of
/. modern tapestry work.
New Corporation.
At the initiative of group
of Swedish-born citizens of Bos-
ton the American Scandinavian
Film Corporation has just been
organized in that city for the purN
pose of specializing in the ex-
hibition of movies" that are
based on scandinavian themes.
B. D. Style is the general mana
ger, and S. B. AhEberg the exhi-
bifion manager. The corporation
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