Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-07-18
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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(SOntlnueu from rage
the editorial staff of "Decorah-Pos-
ten" at DEBORAH, Iowa.-Mr. Johnson
has become especially known-in the
United States as well as in Norway
because of his two voluminous novels,
"Fallitten paa Braastad" ("The Bank
ruptcy at Braastad") and "Frihetens
Hem" ("The Home of Freedom'O.
Studying Sweden.
American interest in Scandinavian
affairs is constantly increasing-a
fact which is demonstrated by the
very frequent feature articles and
cablegrams concerning the three
northern lands, in the daily press.
One of the latest instances is the send
ing by the Hearst newspapers of The
Odore Radyn to Sweden where he is
to gather material for a series of ar
ticles. 1t so happens that Mr.. Radyn
is himself a native of Sweden, which
country he left forty years ago, so his
three months sojourn lover there"
will be in the nature of a combined
journalistic and pleasure trip.
A committee has been organized for
the purpose of preparing an exhibit
of northumberland paintings
and sculptures, to be opened in Chi
cago some time during November.
The chairman of the committee and
idea, is Jens Jensen, Danish "S0n-
derjyde" who for years has lived in
Chicago, the Identification of whose
public parks in very large measure
is due to his taste and active work
Mr.. Jensen has for almost a genera
ton been considered one of the lead
ing landscape architects of the coun-
try.
A. II. Christensen Dead.
Adolf H. Christensen, for 26 years
the owner of drug store on Mil
waukee avenue, Chicago, died last
week at the age of &c. He was born
in Kristianssund,. Norway, and came
to the United States when he was 3
years old. Before the age of 20 he
obtained position in the drug store
which he was later to purchase and
manage, so that he had spent alto
gether about As years in that same
location. Mr.. Christensen enjoyed
wide popularity in the neighborhood
as well as among his compatriots
throughout Chicago.
New Film Camera.
p. John Berggren, engineer who was
born in Mo, Helsingland, Sweden, in
1888, and who now lives at Hollywood,
CAL, has recently perfected a camera
for photographing persons and objects
in such a way that they are COM
pletely detached from their surround
ings. The invention is the result of
the patient experimentation and re-
search of many years, and Mr.. Berg
gren has been financed to the extent
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
by w. SpoOr, proprietor of the Essenay
movie studio in Chicago. The inven-
tor has lived in America since 1915.
Leaving for Home.
On July 20, Magister Jens Rosen-
kjar, who during the last two or three
months has toured the Danish settle
ments in the United States and Can
ada as a lecturer, will leave New
York for Denmark where he will re-
sumo his work as president of the
Borup folk high school. Mr. Rosen-
kjar has according to reports from
numerous places, endeared himself to
his cOuntrymen in America, and his
lectures have been of a very high
class. The range of his knowledge,
the diversity of his interests and his
gifts as an orator have combined to
make his visit one of the outstanding
events in Danish-American settle
ments for years.
In Vienna.
Nine. Signe Lund of Oslo, Norway,
who for some years was a member
of the faculty of the State Teachers