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

Hans Ahlstrom (born c.1869) — of Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Sweden, about 1869. Democrat. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgewater, 1921-22. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Edward Phillip Anderson (1885-1977) — also known as Edward P. Anderson — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Patterson, Putnam County, N.Y., December 9, 1885. Dentist; Prohibition candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Hartford, 1914, 1916; treasurer of Connecticut Prohibition Party, 1922-27. Swedish ancestry. Died May 10, 1977 (age 91 years, 152 days). Interment at Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Florence Shepard.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Oscar Ceder (1874-1948) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Burlington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Finland, August 16, 1874. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; justice of the peace; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Burlington, 1919-20. Finnish ancestry. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., December 9, 1948 (age 74 years, 115 days). Interment at Burlington Center Cemetery, Burlington, Conn.   Relatives: Married to Mabel Mercer.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Christensen (1890-1970) — of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 25, 1890. Republican. Vegetable grower; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of Connecticut state senate 7th District, 1943. Congregationalist. Danish and German ancestry. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Exchange Club. Died in Broward County, Fla., January 24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183 days). Interment at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Lena (Arens) Christensen and Niels Christensen; married to Mathilde Lassen; married, November 4, 1922, to Gladys Oliver Lawson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial George Henning Ericson (1880-1927) — also known as George H. Ericson — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 7, 1880. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; undertaker; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1917; defeated, 1924. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows. Died in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., July 24, 1927 (age 47 years, 167 days). Interment at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Ericson and Anna Maria (Hendricksdotter) Ericson; married, September 26, 1903, to Annie Elisabeth Lindquist.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Red Book 1917   Franklin S. Forsberg (1905-2002) — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 21, 1905. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; publishing executive; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1981-85. Swedish ancestry. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., March 29, 2002 (age 96 years, 159 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Ann Rountree.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Lile Gibbons — also known as Lile Rasmuson — Member of Connecticut state house of representatives; elected 2000. Female. Swedish ancestry. Still living as of 2000.   Relatives: Daughter of Elmer Edwin Rasmuson and Lile (Bernard) Rasmuson; married to John A. Gibbons, Jr.   Aaron Johnson (born c.1858) — of South Manchester, Manchester, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Sweden, about 1858. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Manchester, 1909-12; first selectman of Manchester, Connecticut, 1919-21. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Martin E. Pierson (born c.1874) — of Bristol, Hartford County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Sweden, about 1874. Republican. Contractor; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bristol, 1913-14. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   John A. Pilgard (c.1866-1935) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Denmark, about 1866. Democrat. Grocer; banker; elected mayor of Hartford, Conn. 1935, but died before taking office. Danish ancestry. Died, following gall bladder surgery, in St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 14, 1935 (age about 69 years). Burial location unknown.

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