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1. Portrait of Hilda Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920
Description:
Soft focus portrait of a Swedish American woman.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

2. Svenskarnas Dag queen, Marcia Linner Swanson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1957
Description:
Swedish American woman who was crowned Svenskarnas Dag queen.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Woman dressed in Swedish costume, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Portrait of Mrs. Fred G. Anderson, Edith, in Swedish costume at the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Anne-Charlotte Harvey and John Lofgren at the Lilly Lorenzen Dinner, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1978-10-27
Description:
Ann-Charlotte Harvey is a Swedish American singer and folk historian. She is posing with the collection curator for the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

5. Hilma Berglund writing in her diary, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922-06-25
Description:
Textile artist Hilma Berglund from a snapshot found in her photo album.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Artist Elof Wedin, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1962-01
Description:
Portrait of artist Elof Wedin posing in his studio at 3512 James Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Artist Dewey Albinson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1962
Description:
Albinson is posed with a paint brush and the portrait is inscribed, "To brother Elmer, Dewey, October, 1962.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

8. Svea dramatic club, Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Ten members of a dramatic club, Vincent Swenson standing in center at back.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. American Swedish Institute president presents Prince Bertil and Princess Lillian of Sweden with a copy of the Institute's photo book, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Crown Prince at Swedish Institute with Mike Holm and Miss Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Visiting crown prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden poses with Lillian Turnblad and Mike Holm.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Curtis and Arleen Carlson pose with Princess Lillian of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Princess Lillian, in center, poses with the Curt Carlsons during Prince Bertil's visit to the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Huber Nelson and Carl Johnson (dressed as a girl), Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Two young men, one dressed as a girl. "Svea, Minn" scratched into the negative for location identification.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Bruce Karstadt, director, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
2000?
Description:
Portrait of Bruce Karstadt, director of the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Bernhard Levander, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Portrait of Bernhard LeVander, lawyer and brother of Governor Herald LeVander.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

15. Young men smoking, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men in suits smoking in a woods.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Young men posed in a yard, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men with their arms over each other's shoulder.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Ingjerd Mansson, mother of Swan J. Turnblad, Sweden

Date Created:
1851?
Description:
Tintype portrait of Ingjerd Mansson. Ingjerd was Swan J. Turnblad's mother. The tintype is hand-tinted and in a paper frame.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

18. Ulrich Steiner, woodcarver of some of the woodwork in the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Anderson and Martinson, members of the Olle I Skratthult troup

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Two musicians, Anderson and Arthur Martinson, on tour with Olle I Skratthult somewhere in the Midwest.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Albert Carlson, Rudolph Bannow, and Emerit M. Anson at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Three successful men of Swedish ancestry pose by the fireplace at the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Richard Helgerson, director, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Portrait of Richard Helgerson, director of the American Swedish Institute from 1987-1990.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

22. Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brush, James A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Studio portrait of Swan J. Turnblad.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

23. Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Von Schneidau, Christian
Date Created:
1930?
Description:
This is a photo of oil portrait of Swan J. Turnblad painted by a well-known Swedish-American painter.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

24. Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad as a young man

Date Created:
1876?
Description:
Swan J. Turnblad poses for a portrait, possibly his confirmation portrait.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

25. Portrait of Hilda Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Formal studio portrait of Hilda Benson.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

26. Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

27. Portrait of Nils Hasselmo, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Nils Hasselmo, president of the University of Minnesota, 1988-1997.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

28. Portrait of Christina Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brush, James A.
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Studio portrait of Christina Turnblad.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

29. Maria and Grace Swenson (child) with Celia Nelson, near Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Two women and small girl posed by a woodpile.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lillian Turnblad, only daughter of Swan J. Turnblad, wearing a hat and fur stole.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Portrait of Carl Ahlgren, President of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990?
Description:
Formal portrait of Carl Ahlgren, president of the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

32. Olof Mansson, father of Swan J. Turnblad, Sweden

Date Created:
1851?
Description:
Tintype portrait of Olof Mansson. Olof was Swan J. Turnblad's father. The tintype is hand-tinted and in a paper frame.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Tintypes

33. Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lillian Turnblad wearing a fur stole.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Portrait of Duane Hanson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986
Description:
Portrait of artist Duane Hanson in a casual pose.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Portrait of Lillian Turnblad, on right, with her cousin Brita Jonsson, Sweden

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Cousins Lillian and Brita pose for a photographer in Sweden.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

36. Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Portrait of Swan J. Turnblad, the publisher of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten and owner of the Turnblad mansion.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

37. Portrait of Reuben Youngdahl, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

38. Nils William Olsson and Theodore Norelius, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Olsson was a director of the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Nils Hasselmo having champagne with Pat Hasselmo and Per Forshell, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

40. Dr. John Najarian, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
University of Minnesota doctor John Najarian and his wife Mignette at a gala, also with John Kendall.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Nils William and Dagmar Olsson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Nils William Olsson was the director of the American Swedish Institute from 1967 to 1973.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Mrs. O. M. Turnblad and O. M. Turnblad, , Smaland, Sweden

Date Created:
1870?
Description:
Studio portraits of the parents of Swan J. Turnblad: Olof Mansson and Ingjerd Mansdotter, Smaland, Sweden.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

43. Miss America, Gretchen Carlson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1989
Description:
Studio portrait of Minnesotan Gretchen Carlson, Miss America for 1989.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

44. Young man showing off his muscles, Akeley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Young man holding a pose as if he is a weight lifter, in a room with a stove, sink, and Gold Bar Flour calendar. Possibly in Akeley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Young man sitting on a bed with a cat, Akeley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Man sitting on a bed next to a cat inside a modest home. Possibly in Akeley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Young men in suits near a woods, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men in suits holding caps, posed near a woods.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Young man with gun and holster, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Young man in shirt and tie pointing a gun, standing next to a sign "135."
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. C. F. Hellstrom, Swedish consul in Minneapolis, made an honorary member of the Chippewa tribe by John L. Pemberton, right, chairman of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955-12
Description:
Headdress placed on Mr. Hellstrom at a pow wow at the American Swedish Institute. Inscription on front of photo reads, "The Chippewa honorary chief, 'The Lone Eagle C. F. Hellstrom'. "
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Elmer Albinson posing at the gates to the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Martin, E. L. "Bud"
Date Created:
1957-07
Description:
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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