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

Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) — of Wisconsin. Born in Lierbyen, Norway, December 21, 1829. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsin state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Norwegian ancestry. Suffered wounds in battle, and died the next day, at Chickamauga, Walker County, Ga., September 20, 1863 (age 33 years, 273 days). Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Even Heg and Sigrid (Kallerud) Heg; married to Gunhild Einong.   Heg Memorial Park, in Wind Lake, Wisconsin, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Hans Heg (built 1944 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Christen Moeller Holst (1826-1897) — also known as Christen M. Holst — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Elmelunde, Denmark, September 13, 1826. Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Savannah, Ga., 1865-97; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Savannah, Ga., 1865-97. Danish ancestry. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 25, 1897 (age 71 years, 103 days). Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Peder Nicolai Holst and Anna Helene Nicolene Toender (Lund) Holst; brother of Johan Berendt Holst.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Johan Berendt Holst (1842-1919) — also known as Johan B. Holst — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Elmelunde, Denmark, April 18, 1842. Vice-Consul for Denmark in Savannah, Ga., 1899-1907. Danish ancestry. Died in Buncombe County, N.C., July 28, 1919 (age 77 years, 101 days). Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Peder Nicolai Holst and Anna Helene Nicolene Toender (Lund) Holst; brother of Christen Moeller Holst; married, December 29, 1909, to Mary Von Gundell.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Eric Alexander Zelius (1859-1926) — also known as Alex E. Zelius — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Norway, May 20, 1859. Ship chandler; wholesale grocer; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Pensacola, Fla., 1896-1902. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in a hospital at Macon, Bibb County, Ga., August 21, 1926 (age 67 years, 93 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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