Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-16
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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Morse settler ninety years ago will b,
commemorated. Special invitation,
have been sent to descendants of the
families who arrived at the Jefferson
Prairie settlement from Norway il
1888. DR.. C. o. Solberg, descend
ant of the Natesta family (among the
first settlers) will be the principa
speaker.
Married at Granger.
Ella Viola Strom, Swedish writer
and artist of European fame, was
married last week to the Australian.
American pianist and composer, Percy
Granger, in the Hollywood Bowl, Los
Angeles; twenty-five thousand persons
attended the ceremony. Mr.. Granger
may be considered pretty good
Scandinavian although he halls from
the antipodes. He married a Swedish
woman; He was friend of, and has
for many years been the foremost in
terpreter Of the Norwegian composer
Edward Grieg, and during a stay OF
several months in Denmark last year
he studied very thoroughly old Danish
folk-songs under the guidance OF
Evald Tang-Kristensen, historian OF
early Danish social life.
Nine. Oda May Return.
A few weeks ago Martinius Nielsen
formerly one of She leading actors OF
the Danish stage, died, and it is now
reported that his widow, Nine. Oda
Nielsen, is planning to make a trip
to the United States to spend some
time with friends and relatives. She,
herself a prominent actress, has been
in this country on two former occas-
ions, touring the Danish settlements,
and also-in 1907-appearing in an
English version of Ibsen's drama,
Little Eyolf'. Nine. Oda, now past
70, is still considered the most pop
ular actress who has ever visited her
compatriots in America.
A New Title.
Word comes from the experimental
station at Windsor, Conn, that Tore
Robert Svanbaeck, master of science,
has been appointed professor Of tobac-
co research; he has for years been a
student of the tobacco plant and its
many varieties, and is considered one
of the country's foremost experts in
this field. Mr.. Svanbaeck is a native
of Soderhamm, Sweden, where he was
born in 1892, and where he received
practically all his education until four
years ago he went to this country.
He has written extensively, in Swe-
dish and English, upon the results of
his tobacco studies. .
District Organizations.
September 1 to 3, the district meet
ing of the Danish Brotherhood of
America will be held in Kenosha,
Wis, and at the same time Danish
Sisterhood lodges of Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan will send delegates
to a convention in Racine where the
plan of forming an organization cor
responding to that of the Brotherhood
district will be discussed. 1t is an
nounced that in view of the fact that
the distance between the two cities is
very short, and because the Kenosha
Brotherhood and Sisterhood lodges
have formulated an elaborate enter
tainment program, no festivities will
take place in Racine, but all social
affairs will center in Kenosha.
Anniversary without a Building.
On August IL, the Norwegian Trim
ity congregation of Arkdale, Wis, eel
ebrated it's 18th anniversary, but with
out having a church building of it's
own. A month ago the church was
destroyed by lightning bolt, and it
is said that this was the third time
during the IS years of the congrega-
tons existance that such a disaster
had ,befallen it. The congregation
was organized in 1853 by Rev. H. A.
Preus, then pastor at Spring Prairie,
Wis, and. his grandson, o. J. H.
Preus, was invited to deliver the prin-
cipal anniversary address.
More Than Ever.
Swedish newspapers report that a
larger number of Swedish-Americans
are visiting the old country this sum-
mer than in any former year. This
is partly due to the fact that a So
called "allsvensk Samling" ("Reunion
of all Swedes') has taken place in
Gothenburg where hundreds of Swedes
from the farthest corners of the earth
gathered to exchange "reminiscences
While no statistics are available at
this time, the tourist associations OF