Nakkerud, Trygve

3 file folders
1 sound cassette
2 compact discs

The interview was conducted with Trygve Nakkerud on May 27, 1981 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, work, union activities, community activities, and marriage. The interview also contains: a postcard from Trygve, a program from Leif Erikson Day (1968) from the Norway Center in Seattle, Washington, minutes from a special board meeting at the Norway Center (January 5, 1972), an article on Trygve receiving the Ballard Exchange Club's 'Outstanding Senior Citizens Award,' correspondence with the Seattle Post Intelligencer, correspondence with the US Senate, articles on the fisheries in the Northwest, an article on Trygve and his real estate business, and an article on him from the Western Viking. The interview was conducted in English.

Also see Amanda Nakkerud and Trygve's interview about the Leif Erikson League.

Folder Contents

Box 3, File 2 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background, and Tape Index

Box 3, File 2A Correspondence and Forms
Release Form
Postcard from Trygve Nakkerud to Janet Rasmussen
Letter from Janet Rasmussen thanking Mr. Nakkerud for his participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background

Box 3, File 2B Clippings
Clippings

Interviewed by Morrene Nesvig
Transcribed by Mary Sue Gee, Julie Peterson and Becky Husby
Encoded by Kerstin Ringdahl & Amity Smetzler
Recording Quality: Good

Amanda Nakkerud (wife) oral history interview

Trygve's oral history interview about the Leif Erikson League

Biographical Note

Trygve Nakkerud was born on June 22, 1903 in Oslo, Norway to Andreas Nakkerud and Elise Bloch. Andreas was the President of a pulp mill and owned two farms. There were six children in the family, including Trygve: Ingrid, Sverre, Mads-Egil, Trygve, Eilert, and Ruth. Trygve attended public school and then went on to Agricultural College and training.

In 1924, he decided to emigrate, but could not buy a ticket to the United States and went to Calgary, Alberta instead. In Calgary, he was hired by Lord Calendar to work with his horses, but when he failed to pay Trygve, Trygve left. He then went to New Westminister, British Columbia, where he joined the Sons of Norway and got a job as a carpenter. After this job, Trygve got a job extinguishing fires on the M.S. McCormack and then moved to Seattle, Washington.

In the late 1920s, he worked as a non-union carpenter and later as a logger. At a logging camp near Vail, Washington, Trygve was asked about the logging conditions in Norway, and after he talked about conservation, he was fired. From there, he went to Aberdeen, Washington and wrote his first resolution on replanting and protection of forestry, after which he was unable to find any jobs.

Trygve then began fishing in the Bering Sea and wrote two more resolutions, one of which Senator Jackson took to Washington D.C. In 1948, the Seafarers International Union of North America asked Trygve to be their International Representative. Trygve was active in the Union for thirty-two years. Trygve has also been a member of the Denny Park Lutheran Church, the President of the Leif Erikson League, and the 17th of May committee treasurer.

Trygve married Inga Amanda Treland, originally from Lyngdal, Norway, and had three children: Elise, Gladys, and Arnold. The family settled in Seattle, Washington. Trygve has enjoyed life and his accomplishments.

Lineage

Full Name: Trygve Bloch Nakkerud
Father: Andreas M. Nakkerud
Mother: Elise Gradert Bloch
Paternal Grandfather: Martinius A. Nakkerud
Paternal Grandmother: Johanne Kolbjørnsdatter
Maternal Grandfather: August Gradert
Maternal Grandmother: Christine Bloch
Brothers and Sisters: Ingrid Nakkerud, Sverre Nakkerud, Mads-Egil Nakkerud, Eilert Nakkerud, Ruth Sofie Nakkerud Rojahn
Spouse: Inga Amanda Treland
Children: Elise Katrine Nakkerud, Gladys Irine Nakkerud, Arnold Olav Nakkerud