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

Alexander Severin Heide (1846-1916) — also known as Alexander S. Heide — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Maribo, Denmark, April 11, 1846. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Wilmington, N.C., 1895-1911; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington, N.C., 1895-1906; Vice-Consul for Norway in Wilmington, N.C., 1907-11. Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., January 19, 1916 (age 69 years, 283 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Brother of Rudolph E. Heide; married to Rebecca Ann Exum.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Rudolph E. Heide (1832-1895) — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Denmark, May 17, 1832. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer; Honorary Vice-Consul for Denmark in Wilmington, N.C., 1870-95; Honorary Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Wilmington, N.C., 1871-95. Episcopalian. Danish ancestry. Member, United Confederate Veterans; Royal Arcanum. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., June 13, 1895 (age 63 years, 27 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Brother of Alexander Severin Heide.   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 John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) — also known as John H. Hougen — of Fisher, Polk County, Minn.; Crookston, Polk County, Minn. Born in Fargo, Cass County, N.Dak., July 7, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; member of Minnesota state senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kappa Sigma; Phi Alpha Delta. Died in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., July 14, 1978 (age 89 years, 7 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of John Olai Jensen Hougen and Thrine Christine (Johnson) Hougen; married, November 29, 1946, to Rita Mary Zini.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Moorhead Daily News, July 5, 1930

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