House  1917-18  (District 53);  Senate  1919-22  (District 53)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Crow Wing, Morrison
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            6/30/1885
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Stenshult, Smoland
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Sweden
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            3/29/1964
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Brainerd
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Brainerd Public Schools; Elementary School; 
Valparaiso University, Indiana; S.B.; 1908
Valparaiso University, Indiana; A.B.; 1909
Yale University, School of Law; LL.B.; 1912; Admitted to the Minnesota Bar, 1912
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Marines (World War I, subject to call on or before December 1, 1918, but not called); 
                         
                         191? to 12/01/1918
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Alice Marie Elmgren (married on June 24, 1919; she died in December 1963)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to the United States on June 8, 1888 with his parents and settled in Gull River, Cass County, Minnesota.  They moved to Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota in 1890.
He was a collegiate athlete.
He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota.