House 1931-32 (District 50); Senate 1935-38 (District 50)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Otter Tail
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
11/1/1876
Birth Place:
Copenhagen
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Denmark
Date of Death:
??/??/1946
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Fergus Falls
Occupation (when first elected):
Business, Merchant Tailoring
EDUCATION
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married (she died around 1943)
Children:
One child: (son) (His memorial in the Minnesota Journal of the Senate, April 8, 1949, p. 1695 states that he had no children of his own.)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Swedish ancestry.
He came to the United States in 1905 and became a naturalized citizen in 1913. He moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota in 1910.