Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-27
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

North.
Professor O. E. Rglvaag, St.
Olaf College, Mortified, Mimi,
has made arrangements with the
publishing house of Harper
Brothers, New York, for the pub
LEGATION of his two novels. Il de
dage" During Those Days. and
"Riket grundl@gges" beginnings
of Empire), which were pub
lished in Norway in, respectively,
1924 and 1925 where they have
had an unprecedented measure of
success. Both novels, the latter
being a sequel to the former,
deal with early Norwegian pio-
neer life in Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
In Honor of the Prince.
Mayor George E. Leach of Min
neapolis has issued proclamation
asking that all residents of that
city consider the afternoon of
June 20 a half holiday in honor
of the visit of Crown Prince
Gustaf Adolf and Crown Prin-
cess Louise of Sweden; the Uni
versity of Minnesota is arranging
a welcome celebration at the
stadium, and many other festivi-
ties are being planned. Mayor
Leach urges citizens to display
Swedish colors profusely.-The
royal visitors are due to arrive
in New York today aboard the
steamer, -Gripsholm, direct from
Gothenburg where their depart
ure was witnessed by a crowd
of 10000 people.
DR.. Drewsen Honored.
DR.. Viggo Drewsen-that Wig
go Drewsen to whom Hans
Christian Andersen wrote his
well-known song, Lille Viggo,
vii du ride Ranke"- become
an honorary member of the Roy
al Norwegian Scientific Society's
Trondhjem branch. DR.. Drewsen
who is a native Of Denmark, came
to Norway as a young man and
later went to the United States.
DR.. Drewsen who is a member of
a family that for over three hun
dred years has been foremost in
the field of Danish paper manu-
facture, is a resident of New York
City and interested in a number
of celluloid concerns; he has pub
lished considerable number of
monographs on chemical and
other subjects related to the pa
per industry.
Arrived at Oslo.
"Bygdelagenes Norgesferd'-
an excursion Of a large number
of Norwegian bygdelag in the
United States arrived last week
at Oslo, Norway, aboard the Sta
vangerfjord, and they were given
a rousing reception at the pier
where elaborate preparations had
been made under the auspices of
the Observation-Disclosures. Aboard
the ship was the Norwegian male
chorus of the, Pacific coast, which
is to tour Norway on concert
trip during the summer.
Kruskopf to Hawaii.
Anders Kruskopf, Swedish
newspaperman who has lived in
the United States four or five
years, is planning a trip to Hawaii
where he, particularly, will study
conditions in the leper colony at
Molokai for the purpose of sup
plying Gothenburg paper with
a series of correspondence. La
ter Mr.. Kruskopf will proceed to
Tahiti and other South Sea islands
and intends to return to Sweden
by way of Australia.
Danish Hall Planned.
A movement has been started
among Danes living in San Fran
cisco for the purpose of estab-
fishing Danish hall or club
house. possibly at the corner Of
18th and Noe streets. The price
asked for the building which pro-
motors of the plan have in mind,
is $19,500. Former plans of a
similar nature have been aban-
doned because it proved impos-
sible to harmonic sentiment
within the various Danish organ
izations in the city at the Golden
Gate, but reports now have it
that general agreement seems
likely.
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