Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-02-17
NEWS; AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

John C. Johansen, portrait painter
in New York, last week was given the
Carl H. Beck gold medal for his
portrait of Elihu Root, exhibited at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts,
Philadelphia. Mr.. Johansen was
born at Tybjerg near Ringsted, Den
mark, 81 years ago and came with his
parents to the United States in his
infancy. He has studied in various
American and European art centers,
and his canvasses are to be found in
all the principal collections OF this
country. In addition to painting
portraits Mr.. Johansen has also been
an instructor in various academies
of art in the eastern cities OF
America.
Pioneer Minister Dead.
Rev. John Arndt Bergh, a Norwe-
gian Lutheran pioneer minister, died
last week after having been ill for
some time. At the time of his death
he was said to be the oldest Norwe-
gian minister in this country in the
point of service, and has been active
ly engaged in his ordained work for
SIS years until January 1, this year,
when he retired. Mr.. Bergh had
served as pastor of congregations sat
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Waterloo Ridge,
Iowa, Beloit, Wis, and elsewhere.
For ten years he was his synod's hos
pital pastor in the Twin Cities. His
death took place in st. Paul.
Wide Wins.
Edwin Wide, famous Swedish run
ner and conqueror of Paavo Nurml,
made his American debut at Newark,
N. j., last week and raced to victory
in a 2,5OO-yard event which featured
the Newark Athletic Club meet.
Starting from scratch, Wide Tapped
field of four rivals to win in min
utes 2S-4-5 seconds. He will now
go on a tour of the United States, and
has been booked as the stellar at
traction of a good many meets all
over the United States during the
coming few months.
New Weekly.
A group of Chicago Danes will
launch tomorrow a new weekly paper
to be known as "Dansk- Amerikaner-
en-; C. Brix and Owe Jensen will be
the publishers, and AXel Gundel has
e. been appointed editor of the new pub
location. There are two other
Danish papers existing catering to
the Danish part of Chicago's popula-
ton, viz, "Dansk Tidenden" (former-
Iy "Revyen'), and "Chicago-Posten"
which is, however, being printed in
Minneapolis-A paper under the
name of Observation-Disclosures flour
ished in New York some fifteen years
ago, and was edited by the late Emil
Opffer.
Wins Admiration.
The st. Olaf choir consisting OF
students at the Norwegian Lutheran
church school, ST. Olaf college, North
field. Minn., has met with unrrece-
denied success on its eastern tour;
fastidious critics in. New York and
Boston have praised it in the most
unqualified terms as the very finest
organization of it's kind existing in
this country. On Monday of this
week the choir gave the final concert
OI It's lOlui dI " uSillISSoii, IL ~ 1890
among the auditors were President
Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and a number
of friends of the presidential couple.
The choir is directed by F. Melius
Christensen.
Want sl,5OO,OOO.
A campaign for funds to- tell the
world what the Swedes have done for
the United States, with goal set at
$1,5O0,000, was launched throughout
this country last week, with head
quarters at Chicago. One detail of
the plans calls for the erection of a
Swedish Memorial Hall at cost of
s25o,OOO, and 100000 will be used
for the acquisition of forty-acre
national park in Delaware to COM
memorate the earliest arrival of
Swedes-in 1888. A number of fes-
tivities are planned for 1888, and pre-
liminary gatherings will be held in
various parts of the country during
the next few years as sort of intro
duction to the Big Event.
Capt. Jullum Dead.
Captain Thormod Jullum, 55 years
old. died last week in New York.
He was born in Kristianssund, Nor
way. and for twenty years sailed the
seven seas before the mast. In 1906
/. he was appointed American represen-
tatiye of the Norwegian marine insur-
ance companies of Mobile, Ala, and
New York, and later was transferred
to Sweden, Denmark and Holland
In the interest of his companies ne
also was stationed fer some time IN
London, Japan and China, but in 1917
made his permanent home in New
York where he was widely popular IN
shipping circles as we'll as among
his compatriots.
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