Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-11
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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picturesque old Lerchenborg chateau,
and it's first classes will open in June.
Six hundred young Americans will he
enrolled in the first semester" and
instruction will be given in subjects
relating to many phases and aspects
of Northern life. Visits will also be
made to historic places, and oppor-
tunities will be given for enjoying
sports. Mr.. Knudsen is the founder
of the MY Friend Abroad" movement.
Doubles Membership.
Announcement is made that the Ma
tiOnal Society for the Preservation of
Swedish Culture Abroad during last
year has doubled it's membership.
The society which has it's headquar-
tiers in Stockholm, comprises men,
bers in all parts of the world, the
majority of them living in the United
States.
Question of Nationality.
Swedish-American papers recently
claimed that Otto Won POrat, well
known boxer who at present appears
in this country, is a Swede The
Minneapolis Tidende says, however,
that Won Porat while he is actually
a native of Sweden and has Swedish
mother, considers himself 100 per
cent Norwegian, because his father is
a Norwegian, he himself was raised
in Norway, and is a citizen of that
country.-Likewise, some Norwegian
American papers have maintained
that Martin Jensen, distinguished en-
durance aviator, is of Morse descent.
The Danske Pioneer, Omaha, Neb., re-
fers to him as having been born of
immigrated Danish parents in Kan
sas.
N. E. Axling Dead.
Rev. N. E. AXling, Gothenburg,
Neb., died last week at the age of 80.
He was born in Helsingland, Sweden,
and in 1864 became Baptist; two
years later he immigrated to the
United States and founded the first
Baptist congregation in Chicago. For
a number of years he had charge of
Swedish Baptist churches and also
spent much time as an itenerant
preacher. Mr.. Axling was said to be
the oldest Swedish-born Baptist in the
United States.
VOluminOus Trade.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that several dozens of the nationally
known American manufacturing firms
are doing business in Denmark
through so-called daughter" corpo-
rations, as distinguished from mere
branch plants. Altogether, there are
several hundred American +. concerns
directly engaged in business in Den
mark which is referred to-with
Sweden-aS lone of the two most
prosperous countries in Europe" But
owing to an extra capital tax being
levied on foreign firms, the American
houses are represented by ostensibly
Danish companies which are, however,
chiefly financed by American capital.
The volume of American trade with
Copenhagen as its central distributing
point is said to be very large during
the last few months.
In Hall of Fame.
Oscar l. w. Hansen, Norwegian Chi
cago sculptor, has recently completed
work on a statuette, 1.-The Aviator"
which will be sent to Oslo as the we'd
ding present to Crown Prince Olav
and Crown Princess Martha from Chi
cago NOrwegians. Mr.. Hansen last
week was commissioned to execute a
statue of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, fam
Gus pioneer editor of Illinois, to be
placed in the Hall of Fame at the
Illinois Editorial association A sta
tue of Victor Lawson, Norwegian
American, who was the founder of
the Chicago Daily News and the AS
ISOLATED Press, will also be placed
in the hall; this statue will be the
work of dorado Taft.
Planning Visit.
forster Rothberg, managing direc-
tor of the Aaland Bank, Aaland, Swed-
en-, is planning to visit the United
States next month, his special pur-
pose being to call on persons who
have come to America from the Aa-
land district. He will lecture to them
on the development of the old home
regions during the last generation.
Lutheran World Center.
All transatlantic steamship COM
panies, with offices in this country,
are now in their display advertising
featuring the Lutheran convention
which in June will make Copenhagen,