Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-16
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

4NO4 LIZ
DIR. Johannes Telleen, pastor of
the Swedish Lutheran Sharon con-
gregation at St Joseph, Mich, will
retire from active service within the
Augustana synod on October 1, and
he is 80 years old, and feels that his
remaining days should be spent lei
surely DR. Telleen has for many
years been one of the most prominent
pastors of the Swedish Lutheran
church in this country, and lis known
far beyond his own district. He has
had charge of a number of congre-
cations throughout the Middle West
Nils Bukh i'm e. S. Again.
Information reaches the Askov
American to the effect that Nils
Bukh, father of an entirely new sys-
tenn of gymnastics, has arrived in
New York direct from his home at
Ollerup, Denmark, and that he is,
accompanied by his assistant, Krist-
ian Krogshede. What the purpose
of the visit is, has not been stated,
but from time to time it has been re-
ported in the daily press of the
United States and Denmark that eff
forts were to be made to arrange a
second American demonstration tour
for Mr.. Bukh and a group of his in
ternationally famous amateur ath-
letes. The first tour of this kind
was made in 1923 and attracted un-
usual attention.
Representing Sweden.
Professor Tor -Jonson, president of
the Royal Forestry academy of Stock
holm, Sweden, has arrived in the
United States as a delegate from his
home country to an international for
estry congress which opens today at
Ithaca N. Y. In private capacity;
Mr.. Johnson will visit several friends
and relatives in various parts of the
country, and will also study forestry
methods in the United States and
Canada, prior to his return to Stock
holm.
To Publish Poems.
Anton Kvist, Chicago bricklayer
of Danish birth who has attained
considerable renown as writer of
facile Danish-American lyrics, last
week returned to his home from a
visit to Denmark where he was wide
1y and enthusiastically acclaimed.
Mr.. Kvist while in Copenhagen made
arrangements with the Gyldenda1
Publishing house for the forthcom-
ing publication of selection of his
poems. He has published in this
country two volumes of lyrics, 'F.yr
og F1amme- and "Danske Strenge",
and notable among his works is an
unexcelled Danish translation of The
Star-Spangled Banner, which has
hitherto proved to be the bane of
many a translator.
Across South America.
Tor Ramberg of Oslo, Norway, has
Just returned to his home after COM
pleting an expedition which took him
and his companions from the west
coast to the east coast of South Amer
lea, and after crossing the Andes
mountains at a height of 10000 #.
Mr.. Rambergs expedition was fitted
out in Los Angeles, and had for its
purpose a close study of the rivers
tributary to the Amazon, and also of
the forests primeval ON the South
American continent. Mr.. Ramberg
begins a lecture trip through Norway
in the near future, and will appear
on lecture platforms in the United
States some time during the winter.
An Archbish0p's Son.
H.,
manager of the passenger depart
ment of the General Steamship Cor
poration in San Francisco, is a son
of Archbishop Nathaniel Sederblom
of Sweden, who visited this country
in 1923, and who is described as the
foremost Protestant clergyman of the
present day. Sven Soderblom's career
has been unusually swift as it lis
only three years since he arrived in
this country. One reason for his sue
cess lis said TO be the fact that he
is thoroughly familiar with six mo
dern languages; the steamship cor
poration whose passenger department
a number of concerns whose home
Offices are in foreign countries.
Made Mrs. Wilson Ween.
Count Carl Moltke, Foreign Min
lister of Denmark, at one of the Sc
SONS Of the League of Nations as
sembly in Geneva last week, delivered
m address in which he made touch
ing references to the late President
woodrow Wilson and his work in
the interest of International progress.
The address, according TO correspond
ents, brought tears to the eyes of
Mrs. Wilson's who was present at the
session.-Cou Moltke was Danish
minister to the United States and
later TO Germany before he became