Hjalmar Björk Papers

This is a copy of a scrapbook containing information pertaining to Hjalmar Björk. There is a biography of his life written at the time of his death and five clippings of announcements of his death in Swedish. There is also a sample of his writing which includes seventy-five Swedish poems, six longer prose pieces, and published in the Swedish-American Tribune issues of December 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1964, sixteen original letters of correspondence in both English and Swedish from Hjalmar to his niece Hazel Tanglin along with copies of the envelops sent between the years 1959 and 1963, and a clipping about King Christian of Denmark falling off his horse and recovering.

Biographical Note

Hjalmar Björk was born in Stenberga, Småland, Sweden, on 17 December 1891. He studied at a Lutheran seminary in Stockholm but never entered the ministry. He immigrated to the United States in 1928. In 1935 he married Maud Peterson. They had a daughter, Sonja. Hjalmar taught Swedish Sunday School for several years and was a gifted speaker and writer. He was a well-known Swedish poet in America, with most of his writings published in the Swedish-American press.