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ere, I track how the criteria for deeming sex as acceptable or unacceptable have changed over time at Augustana College. To do so, I apply two critical lenses to archived issues of the Augustana Observer. The first lens involves Rubin\u27s concept of the  sex hierarchy,  a variety of categories by which we may judge sex as good or bad. The second lens is related to Berlant and Warner\u27s  national heterosexuality,  a concept that claims that sexual norms are intrinsically elastic but politically, culturally, and economically firm under capitalism. Making use of a localized  snapshot  approach, I use recent Augustana history to demonstrate the fluid and intermittent properties of the sex discourse

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Intersections 
Volume 2020 Number 52 Article 8 
2020 
Leadership in Lutheran Key at a Time of Pandemics 
Deanna A. Thompson 
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All of us on college and univer-
sity campuses face incredible 
challenges brought on by the 
pandemics of Covid-19 and 
systemic racism. Many if not 
most of us are looking for 
guidance on how to rise to 
meet these unprecedented 
moments. There are many 
places from which to seek 
guidance, inspiration, and hope—from movement spokes-
persons to trusted faculty and staff on our campuses.
I’m at St. Olaf College where the college’s mission 
includes the language of being “nourished by Lutheran 
tradition.” In addition to numerous contemporary voices 
of wisdom, I propose that the tradition might also offer 
insight for the living of these days. Sixteenth-century 
reformer Martin Luther challenged the religious hier-
archies and systems of his day, calling for reforms of 
structures that harmed those who were often ignored 
by the powerful. For Luther, the Christian story of God 
becoming human, suffering, and dying on the cross means 
that God is not to be found among the powerful, but rather 
among the suffering. Therefore, Luther believed, being 
attentive to the pain of those in our midst means attending 
to the spaces where God is present.
One of Luther’s big ideas is that we cannot earn our 
own salvation; we can’t justify ourselves or earn our way 
to heaven. Therefore, our living is in response to the gift of 
life we are given rather than an attempt at achievement on 
our part. 
Because our living isn’t about proving ourselves to God 
or to others, Luther understood humanity to be freed up to 
focus on the needs of our neighbors. Not to the exclusion 
of our own basic needs, but caring for those in need, he 
believed, should be our primary orientation.
Drawing on these insights from Luther, I suggest that 
leadership in a Lutheran key in a time of great hardship 
includes:
1. Being attentive (to the pain)
2. Being responsive (to the pain)
3. Being nourished (that is, fortified for your  
 role as leader)
Let’s take a closer look at each of these in turn.
Being Attentive (to the Pain)
Martin Luther was a pastor and a monk dedicated to 
studying, preaching, and teaching. While many religious 
leaders of his day were focused on building grand cathe-
drals and amassing wealth for the church, Luther paid 
attention to those who were being exploited under the 
current church system. The church was getting rich by 
charging parishioners to participate in practices such as 
Deanna A. Thompson is Director of the Lutheran Center for Faith, Values, and Community and Martin E. Marty Regents Chair 
in Religion and the Academy at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.
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Leadership in Lutheran Key  
at a Time of Pandemics
21
indulgences and the viewing of relics, practices billed as 
enhancing one’s status before God. Luther spent his days 
speaking out about such practices, exposing the economic 
harm these practices were causing for those who were 
already struggling. 
During this time of the dual pandemics of 2020, we are 
keenly aware of large-scale suffering all around us. At 
the time that I write this, there have been over one million 
cases of Covid-19 diagnosed worldwide and the over 
200,000 American deaths caused by the virus. Equally 
painful, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless other 
Black and Brown people have been killed by the police or 
harmed by other societal structures. We are steeped in 
anger, grief, and lament.
The language of trauma is becoming more a part of 
our collective vocabulary as we seek to better understand 
long-term effects of such suffering. Theologian Shelly 
Rambo calls trauma “the suffering that remains” (15). 
When something traumatic happens, we experience a kind 
of death, the death of bodily safety or integrity, the death of 
health, the death of a particular way of life. But life continues 
on and the suffering that accompanies us is the trauma. 
Leadership in this time of pandemics calls us to attend 
to the suffering and trauma of those around us—to notice 
it, inquire about it, call attention to it. For Luther, the story 
of Jesus’s life, which leads to crucifixion, illustrates that 
God is where the suffering is, that God is present with 
those who suffer from the virus, from the pandemic of 
racism, from the trauma of illness and police brutality and 
more. Leadership in a Lutheran key calls on leaders to pay 
attention to where God is—in and amidst the pain.
Being Responsive (to the Pain)
Even though Luther was a professor of Old Testament, he 
didn’t spend his days holed up in a monastery writing big 
ideas about God and the world. Instead, he spent time on 
issues calling for his attention. It is important to acknowl-
edge that he didn’t always live up to his own insistence that 
Christian faith frees Christians up to serve the needs of 
the neighbor. Still, his vision of Christian life and dogged 
emphasis on love of neighbor led him to take action in 
ways that helped support the needs of those around him 
who were suffering.
Students, faculty, staff, and administrative leaders often 
have strong visions for what their student organization or 
team or department might be able to accomplish. Many of 
us have several big ideas we plan to implement.
And yet, we are more aware this year than most that 
life doesn’t always go as planned. Leadership in a time of 
pandemic includes responding to those who are in pain, 
especially those within our circle of care. Whether it is those 
in one’s student organization or residence hall, in one’s 
department, office, or team, being a leader involves working 
with others to address the needs of those in your community. 
Some of the initiatives we’ve been hoping to implement 
may not happen. Our roles—our vocations—as leaders 
may entail tasks that we haven’t yet envisioned, but that 
are called for in this time of pandemics. Given the unprec-
edented reality of the Covid-19 and systemic racism 
pandemics, being responsive to the needs of others may be 
the most important action we take in these exhausting days.
Being Nourished for the Work Ahead
Being an attentive, responsive leader takes time, energy, 
courage, and stamina. We also must be nourished for this 
demanding calling.
Looking back at life of Martin Luther, he also took 
being nourished very seriously. Luther was known for his 
almost-nightly “table talk” gatherings at his home, where 
friends, students, and colleagues would gather around 
the Luthers’ table to eat, drink, and debate issues that 
mattered in their lives. To live most fully into the lead-
ership roles to which we now are being called, we are in 
need of multiple forms of nourishment—of good food and 
drink, of quality time with friends, of time for deep conver-
sations about the issues that matter most to us. 
A couple years ago, I invited Lena Gardner, then one of 
the leaders of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, to speak 
to one of my classes. As an activist, she has offered 
“Leadership in a Lutheran key calls on 
leaders to pay attention to where God is— 
in and amidst the pain.”
22     Intersections | Fall 2020
trainings throughout the 
country on the methods and 
approaches of Black Lives 
Matter. She told my students 
that when she asks these 
groups what they need the 
most to continue their work, 
they often tell her that they 
need spiritual nourishment. 
Their spirits need nourishing 
in order to help sustain them 
in their role leaders.
There’s a mosaic that now 
hangs on a wall in the Lutheran Center at St. Olaf that 
was created last fall as part of the Center’s launch (see 
above image). It was created by two Lutheran pastors, 
Patrick and Luisa Hansel, who served a mostly immigrant 
church in Minneapolis until their retirement the summer 
before. Several dozen 
members of the St. Olaf 
community participated in 
putting pieces of the mosaic 
together. It captures the 
sense of what it means to be 
nourished to do the work that 
matters most in this world. 
The people in the mosaic 
come from different religious 
and cultural backgrounds 
and gather around a table 
where they are nourished 
by food and drink. They are nourished by the rich natural 
world that surrounds them and by their connections to one 
another. I think the mosaic provides a vision of what nour-
ishment for the work ahead might look like. 
This is an incredibly challenging time to be a leader. But 
your campus, your neighborhood, your communities needs 
you. We’ll be better at being community because of your 
attentiveness, responsiveness, and the ways you’ll come 
together with others to nourish and be nourished as you 
help us move toward better days.  
Works Cited
Rambo. Shelly. Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. 
Westminster, 2010.
“To live most fully into the leadership roles 
to which we now are being called, we are in 
need of multiple forms of nourishment—of 
good food and drink, of quality time with 
friends, of time for deep conversations about 
the issues that matter most to us.”


Leadership in Lutheran Key at a Time of Pandemics

Barnds, W. Kent

Intersections 
Volume 2020 Number 52 Article 13 
2020 
Called to the Moment: A New Vocation for Lutheran Colleges 
W. Kent Barnds 
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Lutherans and Lutheran 
colleges talk about vocation 
and calling, often assigning 
almost mystical or magical 
qualities to the discernment 
thereof. When I hear this talk, 
I sometimes wonder if the 
discovery involves a voice like 
the one in Field of Dreams, 
or perhaps a lightning bolt. I 
suppose that sometimes it does.
Many are familiar with Frederick Buechner’s oft-cited 
description of vocation: “The place God calls you to is the 
place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep 
hunger meet.” Working at a Lutheran college for the last 15 
years, I’ve heard college presidents, faculty, and chaplains 
quote Buechner or come up with their own way of describing 
what is supposed to happen to an 18 to 22-year-old in college. 
The 26 Lutheran colleges and universities have even 
united around a common mission related to vocation, as 
articulated in the statement, Rooted and Open. There,  
they summarize their collective work as follows: 
Together, these educational communities train 
graduates who are called and empowered to serve 
the neighbor so that all may flourish. This vocation 
is shared by diverse institutions. While the history 
of each institution propels it from behind, a shared 
calling also draws the institutions forward, pulling 
them into a future that brings wholeness to the 
world. The Lutheran theological roots that these 
schools have inherited deepen their educational 
purpose, inform their educational commitments  
and anchor their educational priorities.
There is plenty of Biblical and scholarly work that 
reinforces this claim to vocation, and I consider it a great 
privilege to serve a Lutheran college and to raise my 
children in an ELCA congregation. But I do worry a bit 
about the often grandiose and erudite descriptions of 
calling and vocation, especially on college campuses.
I’ve been thinking about this since hearing a delightful 
sermon by Pastor Katy Warren, associate pastor at  
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, where I am 
a member. Pastor Katy had the tough job of preaching a 
sermon through a mask, during a brief in-person, midday 
service of communion following the derecho (inland 
hurricane) that clobbered Iowa in August of 2020. 
It had been quite a week—100 mile-per-hour winds, 
splintered trees, decimated crops, days without electricity 
and other services. Needless to say, we were not prepared 
and the damage was awful. I didn’t envy Pastor Katy’s 
assignment to make sense of it all. 
She chose to read from 1 Peter 4: 8-11, which was an 
effective passage for the moment. Verse 10 stood out 
to me: “Each of you should use whatever gift you have 
received to serve others.” Pastor Katy then shared stories 
of line workers from across the nation rushing to Iowa’s 
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Vocation for Lutheran Colleges
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rescue, neighbors with power setting up charging stations 
for those without, strangers with chainsaws helping 
those with downed trees, restaurants offering freezer 
space, and other acts of kindness and generosity. 
Following the service, I found myself thinking about 
how the message related to my own life and the work of 
Lutheran colleges. Were those line workers, neighbors, 
restaurant owners, and chainsaw-wielding neighbors 
thinking about meeting the world’s deep need with their 
deep gladness? I suppose it’s possible, but I doubt it.
This spring, summer, and into the fall, I’ve witnessed 
something similar at Augustana College. So many of my 
amazing colleagues on campus have helped where and 
when they have been needed throughout the pandemic. 
People have stepped in and up to help—the athletic 
trainer-turned-telecounseling outreach coordinator; 
the counselor now an expert contract tracer; the Sports 
Information Director now coordinating campus-wide 
surveillance testing; the hesitant email user now an 
expert in meeting virtually with all kinds of stakeholders. 
Seeing such responsiveness has made me wonder about 
the emphasis we place on calling. Perhaps there is more 
room to focus on the immediate needs of those around 
us, while also encouraging the discovery that accompa-
nies vocational reflection.
I believe we should pair our important message about 
vocation and calling with the kinds of things we witness in 
the moment, such as the aftermath of the derecho here 
in Iowa and the campus’s response to the pandemic and 
changing needs. 
Rather than asking college students to identify and 
follow their path in life, should we simply make a stronger 
case for responding to the moment? For just showing up, 
giving what you have, helping exactly where and when 
needed, no matter what your background? 
We might call it “meeting immediate need with a deep 
willingness,” or simply, “called to the moment.” For liberal 
arts students educated as versatile, critical thinkers, it 
might be a natural impulse. I, for one, think making that 
case might be the true vocation of a Lutheran college. 
“Were those line workers, neighbors,  
restaurant owners, and chainsaw-wielding 
neighbors thinking about meeting the 
world’s deep need with their deep gladness?”
“Should we simply make a stronger case for 
responding to the moment?”


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question to conform to the general format. 
Alm 
My grandmother, Hulda Gustafa Alm Rasmussen, had two brothers, Sven 
Theodore Alm, b. in Marstrand outside Goteborg in 1851 and Axel Leonard Alm, 
also b. in Marstrand 1849. I have reason to believe that both of these brothers 
emigr. to America, after having left Sweden. Sven Theodore was a professional 
sailor, who left Sweden 1878 and Axel Leonard ca. 1880 and I am convinced that 
they must have gone to the U.S. or Canada. 
I have been able to trace the third brother of my grandmother, Victor Emil 
Alm, b. in Marstrand 1857, and have met some of his descendants who are equally 
eager to learn what happened to the two brothers Alm. The parents of these Alm 
siblings were Elias Alm, b. 15 June 1818 and Britta Andersdotter, b. 31 Oct. 1810. 
Odd J. Rasmussen 
7316 10th Ave., N.W. 
Seattle, WA 98117 677 
Johansdotter, Peterson 
I am searching for information concerning Inga Cajsa Johansdotter, b. in 
Hallstad Parish (Alvs.) 25 Jan. 1829 and d. in Fristad Parish (Alvs.) 12 July 1863. 
Her husband, Lars Peterson, was also b. in Hallstad 25 Nov. 1826 and d. in Tarby 
(?) 17 Apr. 1859. Their children were David, b. ca. 1855 and Alma Josephina, b. ca. 
1858 and d. 1944. Alma came to the U.S. in 1867 with her aunt Anna Catharina, i.e. 
Inga's sister, at which time Alma was listed as an orphan. Alma was my great 
grandmother. 
Barbara Van Hanken 
2212 East 38th St. 
Tulsa, OK 74105 678 
Johnson, Olofson, Larson, Bengtson 
I would like to get some information on the following people: 
Nils Johnson, b. in Fristad Parish (Alvs.) 11 Dec. 1710; d. there 9 Apr. 1790 
and his wife Catharina Andersdotter, b. 1724, d. 1786. 
Bengt Olofson, b. in Fristad 1728, d. 1784 and his wife Ellicka Larsdotter, b. 
1731, d. 1777. 
Anders Larsson, b. in Fristad 6Jan. 1748, d. 6 Sept. 1821 and his wife Cherstin 
Nilsdotter, b. 17 March 1749 and d. 9 Aug. 1835. 
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Olof Bengtson, b. 1758, d. 1828 and his wife Ellicka Jonsdotter, b. 1757, d. 
1810. 
Barbara Van Hanken 
2212 E. 38th St. 
Tulsa, OK 74105 
Hagberg, Hagbery, Hedberg, Hogberg 
679 
Information is sought regarding John Frederick Hagbery ( or variation of the 
above spellings), a minister (denomination unknown) in Winnishiek Co., IA in the 
period 1840-1865. He was m. twice and had children in both marriages. Any 
assistance would be appreciated. 
Samuel L. Broyles 
31 A Carver Street 
San Francisco, CA 94110 680 
Pearson, Ecklund, Hansdotter 
I am seeking information concerning descendants of three brothers of my 
great grandfather, Israel Persson. They were - Lars Eric Pearson, b. in Jarnboas 
Parish (Ore.) 1840; d. in Busti, NY 1917; Carl August Pearson, also b. in Jarnboas 
I 860, res. in Jamestown, NY 1917 and John Ecklund, b. in Jarnboas 1857 and res. 
in Busti 1917. Their mother, Greta Hansdotter, b. in Hjulsjo Parish (Ore.) and 
emigr. to the U.S. 1881 at the age of 66 together with another s. Anders Gustaf 
Persson, b. in Hjulsjo 1849 and his wife, Christina. Greta Hansdotter settled in 
Warren, PA. Anders Gustaf returned to Grythyttan, Sweden 1883 with his wife but 
without the mother. I should like to know what happened to her. Lars Eric 
Pearson, one of the three brothers, had as. William Pearson, age 46 in 1917, and 
four daus., one with the name Hilda (perhaps the Hilda Sundholm living in 
Jamestown in 1915). He also had two granddaughters, Berdena Swanson, age 16 in 
1917 and Alda Nelson, age 9 in 1917, both res. in Jamestown. Are there 
descendants living today? 
Kjell Israelsson 
Lotgatan 6 
172 33 Sundbyberg, SWEDEN 681 
Sandberg 
I am searching for information concerning the siblings of my grandfather, 
Sven Edward Sandberg, b. in Laholm, Sweden I Apr. 1864. Their names were-Jons 
Peter, Ingrid, Bina, Eva Karolina and Emma Eleonora. Their parents were Nils 
Peter Sandberg and Johanna Sevedsdotter. 
Jane M . Atherton 
9 Sunnyside Ave. 
Saugus, MA 01906 682 
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Gustafson, Johnson 
I am interested in any information concerning the ancestry of Gustaf M. 
Gustafson, b. in Swed en 17 Aug. 18 70 and his wife Pauline Christine Johnson, b. in 
Svenljunga Parish (Alvs.) 1869. I don't know if they arr. in this country together, 
but I know that Gustaf became a U.S. citizen 27 Feb. 1894. They were m. 9 Nov. 
1895 by the Rev. Carl August Blomgren of the Zion Lutheran Church in 
Philadelphia. Gustaf was a tailor in this city and was assisted by his wife. The family 
res. at 1847 Ritner St. in South Philadelphia until Gustaf d. 28 Nov. 1912. His 
widow and children then moved to 5945 Media St. in West Philadelphia and res. 
there until Pauline d. 11 Dec. 1915. 
Todd L. Hansell 
911 Cornwall Terrace 
Turnersville, NJ 08012 683 
Anderson 
I am looking for descendants of the brothers Johan Albert Anderson, b. in 
Brooklyn, NY 19 Nov. 1892 and Wilhelm Arthur Anderson, also b. in Brooklyn 5 
June 1897. They were the sons of Nils Johan Anderson and Anna Sofia 
Petersdotter, who emigr. to America 1887. Anna Sofia was b. in Tvaaker Parish 
(Hall.) 1 Oct. 1867, the dau. of Peter Andersson and Anna Johanna Svensdotter. 
Anna Sofia was a sister of my grandfather, Otto Anderson. 
Rayanna D. Cupps 
828 Miller Drive 
Davis, CA 95616 684 
Jonsson, Miller 
I am looking for descendants of Johan Jonsson, b. in Molleryd, Virestad 
Parish (Kron.) 8 Sept. 1855, s. of Jon Jonsson and Nilla Jonsdotter. Johan arr. in 
the U.S. in April 1882, assumed the surname Miller, stayed briefly in Chicago, 
before going to Minnesota, where the last information we had was that he was res. 
in Duluth. 
Rayanne D. Cupps 
828 Miller Drive 
Davis, CA 95616 685 
Andersdotter 
I am looking for information on Christina Andersdotter, b. in Steglehylte, 
Vastra Torsas Parish (Kron.) 16 June 1857; d. 22 March 1929. She was the dau. of 
Maria Olofsdotter, b. 28 Nov. 1837; d. 26 Dec. 1873. Christina emigr. to the U.S. 
1873. I would like to know something on her ancestry and her passage to America. 
Coleman Johnson 
P.O. Box 97 
Verona, MO 65769 686 
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Johnson 
John Aaron Johnson, b. in Stengardshult, As Parish (Hall.) 22 May 1844 and 
d. 23 March 1932. He emigr. to the U.S. and shows up in Missouri 1873. I would 
like additional information concerning him. He had a nephew, Anders Johansson, 
b. 1898; d. 1986. He was the s. of Berndt Johansson ( 1832-1915), believed to be a 
brother of John Aaron Johnson. This man lived and died in the same village. 
Coleman Johnson 
P.O. Box 97 
Verona, MO 65769 687 
Rundberg, Kjell 
I am looking for information on Wilhelmina Elisabeth Rundberg, who may 
have m. a man with the surname Kjell. The last word we had was a postcard dated 
St. Louis, MO 3 Aug. 1908, addressed to Mrs. Hanna Boye in Stockholm. It is 
believed that Wilhelmina had at least two children - Gunnar and Alvin. 
Gunnel Mellstrand 
Bersagrand I 00, III 
120 50 Enskede, SWEDEN 688 
Osterlund 
I am seeking information on the Osterlund family. They lived in Ostra 
Vingaker Parish (Sod.). My great great grandfather, Carl Alfred Osterlund, was b. 
on the estate of Vilsta in Eskilstuna Parish (Si:id.) 7 March I 842, s. of Lars Johan 
Osterlund and Hedda Malmgren. In addition to Carl Alfred, there were the 
following children - Adolfina Christina Charlotta, b. 1832; Johan Frans, b. 1834 
and Johanna Augusta, b. 1837. 
In Oct. 1842 the family moved to Lilla Melli:isa Parish (Si:id.). 
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has knowledge of this family or 
of the estate named Vilsta. I have been told that one of my ancestors was a 
burgomaster, probably in Ostra Vingaker. 
Denise Esterlund Pohl 
109 Lakeside Drive 
Glassboro, NJ 08028 689 
Note: Vilsta, or Hvilsta, earlier Hvilstad, is an old estate going back at least to the 
17th century, when it was owned by Daniel Bengtsson Utter, ennobled Uttermarck 
(1617-1683). Since that time it has been owned by several noble families -
Cronhjelm, von Kohler, Siegroth, Kurek and sold in 1833 to an O'Konor, probably 
Patrik Georg O'Konor (1797-1863), a lieutenant in the Swedish Life Guard 
Regiment. In 1842 it was acquired by Johan Daniel Granath (1778-1850), chief 
forester to the Swedish Crown. - Ed. 
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Andersen, Lundin 
Seeking information on Helena Andersen, b. in Sarpsborg, Norway 24 June 
1860. 
Also I am looking for relatives of Johanna Froberg Lundin, b. IO June 1854. 
Her children, all b. in Hogsjo Parish (Vn.) were-Gustaf Albin, Jonas Alfred, Beda 
Johanna, Olof Johan, Israel August, Anna Carolina, Augusta Henrietta Christina, 
Per Axel, Hilma Catherina, Carl Fredrik, Laura Margareta, Bror Mathias and 
Bror Erik. 
Frances Froberg Wooley 
886 La Costa Lane 
North Fort Myers, FL 33917 
Johansson 
690 
I am looking for informatio,n on the following relatiaves who emigr. to 
America: 
1. Per Elof Johnson, b. in Kammarbo, Vissefjarda Parish (Kalm) 27 July 
1884, who left for Boston 22 May 1903 together with his sister, Marie Elise 
Johansson, b. 7 Dec. 1888 and their cousin Gerda Johansson, b. 1880. The journey 
went from Goteborg to England via the Romeo and then on to the U.S . with 
another vessel. Per Elof was declared officially dead 1935. Marie, his sister, d. in 
Boston 1947, at which time she was the proprietor of an exclusive ladies' wear 
business. Per Elof and Marie were my paternal uncle and aunt. 
2. Alfred Carlsson, b. in Kroksjo, Oskar Parish (Kalm.) 29 Oct. 1897, left for 
Chicago 30 Dec. 1916. His last address was 4643 North Kenmore Ave., Chicago, 
IL. He probably d. at an old peoples' home named Oak Forest. He was my 
maternal uncle. 
Birgitta Thuresson 
Andreevagen 45 
552 48 Jonkoping, SWEDEN 691 
Andresen, Johansson, Wacaro 
My maternal grandmother, Carolina Hildora Mathilda Johansson, b. in 
Karlskrona 16 Dec. 1892, emigr. to the U.S. 1 Feb. 1911 and according to some 
sources settled in New Jersey, where she m. a Norwegian by the name of Andresen 
or Andersen. The couple had three children - a son, who was killed in action, and 
two daughters. My mother, b. 29 Dec. 1909, was left in Sweden. She had a sister 
Olga, who also emigr. and m. a man named Wacaro. I am anxious to learn if there 
are descendants living in the U.S. Can anyone help? 
Harriet Treby 
Blandsadesgatan 4 D 
431 40 Molndal, SWEDEN 692 
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Genealogical Queries 
Fogelberg 
I am looking for information on two brothers Fogelberg who emigr. to 
America. 
I. Gustaf Albert Fogelberg, b. in Torslunda Parish (Kalm.) I May 1862 and 
emigr. ca. I 890. He settled in Minneapolis, MN, and d. there no later than 1943. He 
had a dau. named Victoria Olander, whose address in 1943 was 3937 Harriet Ave. 
2. Carl Emil Joachim Fogelberg, b. in Torslurida 23 Dec. 1865. He emigr. 
1890 and settled in St. Paul, MN. He also d., no later than 1943. His wife's name 
was Kerstin, who came from Hovmantorp Parish (Kron.). There were three sons in 
the marriage - Emil, Harry and Herbert. 
Stefan Gottfridsson 
Orionstigen 5 
181 32 Lidingo, SWEDEN 693 
Nilsson 
Can anyone help me with information regarding the place of origin of the 
following persons: 
1. Peter John Nilsson, b. possibly near Karlstad in Varmland 18 Aug. 1869. 
He was a merchant seaman prior to his emigration. In 1895 he joined the U.S. 
Navy, serving in the Spanish-American War. 
2. Selma Josephina Anderson, b. possibly in Varmland 6 Nov. 1877. Shem. 
Peter John Nilsson in Boston, MA 21 Oct. 1899 and later lived in Milford, MA. 
John R. Nelson 
42A Bay Ridge Drive 
Nashua, NH 03062 694 
Modig, Nylander, Hagstrom 
I am looking for descendants in Sweden of the following persons: 
l. John Ericsson Modig, b. in Viksjo Parish (Vn.) 25 May 1803 and Sigrid 
Eliasdotter, b. in Viksjo 17 Oct. 1808. They m. in Viksjo 4 July 1830. Theirs. 
Gabriel Modig, b. 21 April 1849, his wife, Maria Nylander, b. in Bjartra Parish 
(Vn.) I Jan. 1860, and their children emigr. to Uxbridge, MA 1901 and 1902. 
2. Pehr Nylander, b. possibly in Natra Parish (Vn.) 4 May 1831 and Christina 
Frank, b. in Brunflo Parish (]amt.) 14 June 1828 were m. in Nora Parish (Vn.) 22 
April 1857. 
3. Erik Gustaf Hagstrom, b. in Husby Parish (Kopp.) 15 Nov. 1847 and 
Martha Nilsson, b. possibly in Bollnas Parish (Gav!.) 26 Sept. l847were m. 6 Nov. 
1870, unknown where. They later settled in Sundsvall. Their dau. Aurora Reynea 
Hagstrom emigr. to Uxbridge, MA 1902. She was b. in Skon Parish (Vn.) 19 May 
1885 and m. Karl J.W. Modig of Uxbridge. 
John R. Nelson 
42A Bay Ridge Drive 
Nashua, NH 03062 695 
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Swedish American Genealogist 
Svensson 
My grandfather, Johan Svensson (known as John Swenson in the U.S.) was b. 
in Katslosa Parish (Malm.) 26 Feb. 1860, s. of Sven Johnsson and Helena 
Fredriksdotter. I know his story, except I should like to find out on which ship he 
arrived (possibly in 1881 to New York). 
Now I should like to know something about his siblings. He had a brother 
named Anders, b. in Katslosa 27 Sept. 1856. I have a Bible inscribed to Anders on 
the day of his confirmation in Katslosa 23 Apr. 1871. He had a sister, Karna, b. in 
Snarestad Parish (Malm.) 18 Jan. 1851 and another sister, Anna, b. in Norra 
Vallosa in Sjorup Parish (Malm.) 13 June 1853, who d. 11 Nov. 1858. There may 
have been other siblings b. after 1860. Does anyone know anything more of Anders 
and Karna? 
So far as John Swenson is concerned, hem. Carrie Olson from Norway 4 Sept. 
1886 and had with her nine children. The first four of these were b. in Astoria on 
Long Island and the remainder in Sussex Co., NJ. I am also trying to trace Carrie's 
family, but so far without success. I would be glad to share my research on John 
Swenson with anyone who might find it helpful. 
Margaret S. Wien 
80 Norma Ave. 
Lincroft, NJ 07738 696 
Swedish Bible Inscription 
The American Swedish Institute has in its archival collection a number of old 
Swedish family Bibles, most of them containing valuable genealogical information. 
One of these Bibles, in two volumes, was printed by Samuel Rumstedt in 
Stockholm I 853. Inside Vol. I is the following notation: 
"This book was bought by my father, Nels Anderson, ca. 1862. His son 
Carl had the Bible rebound in Mellerud in Dalsland. Our father died in 
1871, two years after I left for America. When my brother Carl came to 
America 1888 he brought the Bible with him as a keepsake from our 
parents. 
(signed) Lewis M. Nelson" 
Elsewhere in the Bible are notations by Johannes Nilsson, probably a son of 
Nels Anderson and a brother of Carl and Lewis. He states that he was residing in 
the village of Spirekasan in Grinstad Parish (Alvs.). On another page is the 
signature of Cajsa Larsdotter, a widow, also residing at Spirekasan. In some way 
she must also be related to Johannes, perhaps his wife. 
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