Swedish royalty poses in the Turnblad mansion during their visit. Bernhard LeVander is the president of the American Swedish Institute and brother of Governor Harold LeVander.
Swedish royalty prepares to sit at a luncheon table , followed by a crowd outside the doors of a fairgrounds building. Prince Bertil is at right holding a white hat.
Prince Bertil stands in front of the American Swedish Institute with Elmer Albinson, at far left, Emerit M. Anson, Ambassador Eric Boheman, Prince Bertil (hand in jacket), Algoth F. Johnson, and Reuben W. Anderson (on right).
Prince Bertil, in the center, shakes hands with Stanley Berglund while director Elmer Albinson looks on. The exhibit panel in the background features the earliest Norwegian settlers in Minnesota.
The Crown Prince, wearing glasses and holding a piece of paper, talks to officials on the stage. A small crowd of photographers stands in front of the stage while hundreds of onlookers populate the background.
Two men speak in the library of the American Swedish Institute. General George E. Leach was mayor of Minneapolis from 1921-1929. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.