Nils Hasselmo, former University of Minnesota president, is drinking champagne with Pat Hasselmo and Per Forshell. Nils Hasselmo is in the center, Pat Hasselmo is on the right and Per Olof Forshell, Swedish konsul, is on the left.
Studio portrait of Reuben Youngdahl, pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. At one time Mount Olivet was one of the largest Lutheran church in the United States.
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.
Looking down from the balcony at the American Swedish Institute at a reception crowd to welcome Swedish singer Birgit Nilsson, shaking hands in the lower right corner of the photo.
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.
Steiner was one of 18 carvers hired to work on the Turnblad mansion when he was 26 years old. He carved the cherubs in the music room and the wreath over the fireplace in the dining room. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.