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Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in California
(Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

  Viggo Egede Baerresen (1858-1940) — of Denver, Colo. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 13, 1858. Vice-Consul for Denmark in Denver, Colo., 1903-07. Danish ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., March 21, 1940 (age 82 years, 8 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Married to Gunda Marie Graverholt.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) — also known as Katherine Thompson Brown — of Stockton, San Joaquin County, Calif. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., October 10, 1916. Republican. Member of California Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of California Republican Party, 1948-50. Female. Congregationalist. Danish, Dutch, and English ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters. Died in San Joaquin County, Calif., February 25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138 days). Entombed at Casa Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Henry Brown and Annette (Thompson) Brown; married to Howard E. Becker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Norman Bergan (1906-1968) — also known as J. N. Bergan — of South Shore, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in Codington County, S.Dak., October 2, 1906. Democrat. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 29th District, 1931-34. Norwegian ancestry. Died in El Cajon, San Diego County, Calif., July 30, 1968 (age 61 years, 302 days). Interment at Bergen Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Jens Nilsen Bergan and Anna M. (Lunde) Bergan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  H. H. Birkholm (1847-1912) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Denmark, September 23, 1847. Ship captain; hotelier; Consul for Denmark in San Francisco, Calif., 1898-1910. Danish ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., January 8, 1912 (age 64 years, 107 days). Interment at Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Married to Marie Bertha Caroline Brandt.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eric Magnus Engelbert (1859-1937) — also known as Eric M. Engelbert — of Winthrop, Sibley County, Minn.; Bronson (now Lake Bronson), Kittson County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Högsäter, Sweden, April 22, 1859. Democrat. Farmer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 18, 1891-92; real estate business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1916. Swedish ancestry. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., November 24, 1937 (age 78 years, 216 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
Eric Hass Eric Hass (1905-1980) — of Oregon; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., 1905. Socialist. Advertising business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957 (Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor); candidate for Governor of New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor), 1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian. German and Danish ancestry. Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969. Died, from a heart attack, in Community Hospital, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif., October 2, 1980 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.
  Image source: The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14, 1948
  Oscar L. Hauge (1868-1945) — of St. Paul Park, Washington County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Faribault County, Minn., September 17, 1868. Republican. Dentist; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 31, 1911-12; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1927-30; member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1938-44. Norwegian ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, June 23, 1945 (age 76 years, 279 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1898 to Lulu Cree.
  See also Wikipedia article — Minnesota Legislator record
  Knute Hill (1876-1963) — also known as "Little Giant" — of Prosser, Benton County, Wash. Born near Creston, Ogle County, Ill., July 31, 1876. Member of Washington state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S. Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated, 1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District). Norwegian ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, Calif., December 3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125 days). Interment at Yakima Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Rasmus O. Hill and Martha (Govig) Hill; married, June 30, 1908, to Helen Jensen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Phyllis Kirk (1927-2006) — also known as Phyllis Kirkegaard — Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., September 18, 1927. Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Female. Danish ancestry. Died, from a cerebral aneurysm, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 19, 2006 (age 79 years, 31 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Warren Vollman Bush.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Taft Alfred Larson (1910-2001) — also known as T. A. 'Al' Larson — of Wyoming. Born near Wakefield, Dixon County, Neb., January 18, 1910. University professor; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1976-84. Swedish ancestry. Died in Santa Ana, Orange County, Calif., January 26, 2001 (age 91 years, 8 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
  Janet Leigh (1927-2004) — also known as Jeanette Helen Morrison — Born in Merced, Merced County, Calif., July 6, 1927. Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Female. Danish, Scotch-Irish, and German ancestry. Died, from a heart attack while also suffering from vasculitis, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 3, 2004 (age 77 years, 89 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita (Westergaard) Morrison; married, June 4, 1951, to Tony Curtis; married, August 1, 1942, to John Kenneth Carlisle; married, October 5, 1945, to Stanley Reames; married, September 15, 1962, to Robert Brandt.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Lund Jr. (1870-1925) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Germany, 1870. Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in San Francisco, Calif., 1901-03. Norwegian and German ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., November 30, 1925 (age about 55 years). Entombed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Knud Henry Lund and Anna Maria (Herkenhoener) Lund; married to Mila Emery Lally.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Daniel Edward Lungren (b. 1946) — also known as Dan Lungren — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Roseville, Placer County, Calif.; Folsom, Sacramento County, Calif.; Gold River, Sacramento County, Calif. Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 22, 1946. Republican. Lawyer; staff for U.S. Sens. George Murphy and Bill Brock; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-89, 2005-13 (34th District 1979-83, 42nd District 1983-89, 3rd District 2005-13); defeated, 2012; California state attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1992, 2008; candidate for Governor of California, 1998. Irish and Swedish ancestry. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of John Charles Lungren and Lorain Kathleen (Youngberg) Lungren; married, August 2, 1969, to Barbara Kolls.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Mads Hansen Madsen (1863-1944) — also known as Mads H. Madsen — of Kimballton, Audubon County, Iowa; Solvang, Santa Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Denmark, March 28, 1863. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; inventor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa 9th District, 1924. Danish ancestry. Patented several farm implements, including a wagon brake (1894), a corn-husking machine (1899), a hay-handling mechanism (1909), a manure spreader (1914), and a corn-planter dropper mechanism (1917). Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., April 21, 1944 (age 81 years, 24 days). Interment at Solvang Cemetery, Solvang, Calif.
  Epitaph: "KÆMP FOR ALT HVAD DU HAR KÆRT" ("Fight for everything you hold dear", from a Danish hymn)
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Laura Emelia Naplin (1893-1985) — also known as Laura E. Naplin; Laura Emelia Johnson — of Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minn. Born in Brookings, Brookings County, S.Dak., February 14, 1893. School teacher; member of Minnesota state senate 65th District, 1927-34. Female. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., 1985 (age about 92 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 29, 1919, to Oscar Albert Naplin.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Patrick Layton Paulsen (1927-1997) — also known as Pat Paulsen — Born in South Bend, Pacific County, Wash., July 6, 1927. Actor; comedian; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1996. Norwegian ancestry. Ill with colon and brain cancer, he died of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure, in Tijuana, Baja California, April 24, 1997 (age 69 years, 292 days). Burial location unknown.
  Campaign slogan: "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny."
  Campaign slogan: "If elected, I will win."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books by Pat Paulsen: How to wage a successful campaign for the Presidency (1972)
  C. Norris Poulson (1895-1982) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Haines, Baker County, Ore., July 23, 1895. Republican. Accountant; member of California state assembly, 1938-42; U.S. Representative from California, 1943-45, 1947-53 (13th District 1943-45, 1947-53, 24th District 1953); defeated, 1944; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1953-61; defeated, 1961; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956. Danish ancestry. Died in Orange, Orange County, Calif., September 25, 1982 (age 87 years, 64 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.
  Relatives: Married, December 25, 1916, to Erma Jane Loennig.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) — also known as Glenn T. Seaborg; Glenn Teodor Sjöberg — Born in Ishpeming, Marquette County, Mich., April 19, 1912. Democrat. Physical chemist; university professor; received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1961-71. Swedish ancestry. Member, Alpha Chi Sigma; American Chemical Society. Died in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, Calif., February 25, 1999 (age 86 years, 312 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Herman Theodore 'Ted' Seaborg and Selma Olivia (Erickson) Seaborg; married 1942 to Helen L. Griggs.
  The element Seaborgium is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Inger Stevens (1934-1970) — also known as Inger Stensland; "Kay Palmer" — Born in Stockholm, Sweden, October 18, 1934. Democrat. Actress; honored guest, Democratic National Convention, 1960. Female. Swedish ancestry. Died, from acute barbiturate poisoning, (later ruled to be suicide), in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 30, 1970 (age 35 years, 194 days). Cremated; ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean.
  Relatives: Daughter of Per Stensland and Lisbet Stensland; married, July 9, 1955, to Anthony Soglio; married, November 18, 1961, to Isaac 'Ike' Jones.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
Earl Warren Earl Warren (1891-1974) — also known as "Superchief" — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 19, 1891. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Alameda County District Attorney, 1925-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1928 (alternate), 1932; Temporary Chair, 1944; California Republican state chair, 1934-36; member of Republican National Committee from California, 1936-38; California state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of California, 1943-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1948; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-69; chair, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Phi; Exchange Club. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981. Died in Washington, D.C., July 9, 1974 (age 83 years, 112 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Methias H. Warren and Chrystal (Hernlund) Warren; married, October 14, 1925, to Nina Palmquist Meyers.
  Cross-reference: William S. Mailliard
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books about Earl Warren: Ed Cray, Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren — G. Edward White, Earl Warren : A Public Life — Bernard Schwartz, Super Chief, Earl Warren and His Supreme Court — Jim Newton, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
  Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)
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