Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-07-15
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Z Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of
Sweden, at present touring the
United states has summoned the
noted Swedish archaologist, Pro-
fessor Gunnar Anderson to Join
him in China and accompany the
royal party on an archaeological
expedition. It is the intention
of the crown prince to- purchase
additional material for the new
Asiatic antiquity collect on in
Stockholm. His plans will, how
ever, depend upon reports which
he may receive concerning the
illness of his mother, the queen
of Sweden; if her condition be-
comes serious, he will immediate
ly return to Sweden.
Johannes Herskind Dead.
Johannes Herskind, actor and
singer, died at Taastrup, Zen
mark, during the latter part of
June, about so years old. He
was widely known among h S
compatriots in the United States,
having toured Danish settlements
no fewer than eight times during
the last twenty years. Occasion
ally, other stage artists travelled
with him, for instance, Valdemar
Rolling, Jutta Lund, Kyle"
(Gudrun Carlsen-Fpnss) and So
phus Erhardt. Mr.. .Herskind had
been suffering from cancer for a
long time. He appeared in Askov
together with Miss Lund and
Mr.. Erhardt- some six years ago
and made his last tour of the
United States in the winter of
1924-1925.
In Quest of Music.
F. Melius Christensen, head of
the famous choir of the Norwe-
gian-American st. Olaf College at
Mortified, has left for Europe
where he will try to find new
material for his organization.
Mr.. Christensen will spend a
week in England, later going to
the music centers in Germany
and Austria, and he will also visit
his father at Lervik, Norway.
Christensen expects to return to
Mortified some time IN Sep
tember.,
DIR. G. A. -Blomgren Dead.
DIR. C. A. Blomgrenr member
of the faculty of Augustana Col
lege, Rock Island, Ill, died last
week at Sparta, Wis. He was
born in Salstad parish, Smaaland,
Sweden, in 1865, came to Amer
lea when ten years old, studied
at various colleges and univers-
tiles Harvard a rong them and
was ordained a Swedish Lutheran
minister in 1883. He served con-
gregations in Pennsyivan a AMI
Connecticut until 1904 when he
was invited to occupy the chair
of Hebrew and Old testament
literature at the Augustana Col
lege.
Want Bast Suspended.
The annual conference of the
Danish Methodist church at Vel
lie, has-in a secret meeting-de-
cided to demand that Bishop An
ton Bast be restrained from doing
any Methodist work in Denmark
until his case has been finally
disposed of by the general con-
ference of the Methodist church
which is to be held in the United
States two years hence. This
announcement comes as a sur
prise in view of the fact that an
apparent majority of Danish Me-
thodists have been cons: silently
maintaining that his conflict with
the civic author ties of his coun-
try would have no bearing upon
his affiliat ons with the church.
Swedish-American Art.
The St. Erik Society in New
York is planning a comprehen-
sive exhibit of Swedish-American
paintings and sculpture works
which will be opened in the Vasa
House in East 149th street, New
York. Invitations are being sent
to every Swedish-American art
list whose address is known to the
officers of the st. Erik Society.
and it is hoped to make the ex-
hibit the largest collection of
Scandinavian art works ever seen