A talk on Trygve Ager: Newsman, Author, Translator
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Ella Fossum and Tryg Ager will discuss the many ways their father, Trygve Ager, carried on his father's, Waldemar Ager, efforts to sustain and celebrate Norwegian heritage. At Eau Claire's L.E. Phillips Public library. Monday June 22nd, 6:30PM. Free to all!
Short Bio:
Son of Waldemar and Gurolle (Blestren) Ager. Trygve Ager was born Jan. 23, 1906, in Eau Claire and was married in 1940 to Elvira Gullixson at Ithaca, N. Y. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1929 and the same year studied journalism under a Scandinavian-American Foundation fellowship in Norway. He returned to the United States where he was copy editor for Nordisk Tidende, a Norwegian newspaper at Brooklyn, N. Y. and a small newspaper at Tenafly, N. J. until 1938. During the 1930s he translated a number of Books, including O.E. Rolvag's "Their Father's God" and Johan Boyer's "The House and Sea", and his father's "Sons of the Old Country". He worked in advertising as a copy editor for Addison Vars Inc. at Buffalo, N. Y., until 1941 when he joined the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D. C. He was a co-founder of "News of Norway" at the embassy. In 1943 he co-authored a book with Bjarne Hoye, "The Fight of the Norwegian Church Against Nazism".
After leaving the embassy in 1945, he joined the staff of the Albert Lea (Minn.) Evening Tribune and became managing editor. He joined the staff of the Minneapolis Tribune in 1949 and served as that newspaper's Wisconsin reporter until 1967 when he became a copy editor. He retired in 1971.
After retirement he taught Norwegian language and culture at the district vocational school in E.C. and edited a district insert for the Lutheran Standard a publication of the American Lutheran Church. He was a member of the library board in E.C. for many years and headed the local chapter of the International Committee "Nordmanns Forbundet" (League of Norsemen). He was also a board member of the Wisconsin Institute of Scandinavian Culture. Trygve died in 1975.
Short Bio:
Son of Waldemar and Gurolle (Blestren) Ager. Trygve Ager was born Jan. 23, 1906, in Eau Claire and was married in 1940 to Elvira Gullixson at Ithaca, N. Y. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1929 and the same year studied journalism under a Scandinavian-American Foundation fellowship in Norway. He returned to the United States where he was copy editor for Nordisk Tidende, a Norwegian newspaper at Brooklyn, N. Y. and a small newspaper at Tenafly, N. J. until 1938. During the 1930s he translated a number of Books, including O.E. Rolvag's "Their Father's God" and Johan Boyer's "The House and Sea", and his father's "Sons of the Old Country". He worked in advertising as a copy editor for Addison Vars Inc. at Buffalo, N. Y., until 1941 when he joined the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D. C. He was a co-founder of "News of Norway" at the embassy. In 1943 he co-authored a book with Bjarne Hoye, "The Fight of the Norwegian Church Against Nazism".
After leaving the embassy in 1945, he joined the staff of the Albert Lea (Minn.) Evening Tribune and became managing editor. He joined the staff of the Minneapolis Tribune in 1949 and served as that newspaper's Wisconsin reporter until 1967 when he became a copy editor. He retired in 1971.
After retirement he taught Norwegian language and culture at the district vocational school in E.C. and edited a district insert for the Lutheran Standard a publication of the American Lutheran Church. He was a member of the library board in E.C. for many years and headed the local chapter of the International Committee "Nordmanns Forbundet" (League of Norsemen). He was also a board member of the Wisconsin Institute of Scandinavian Culture. Trygve died in 1975.
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L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire, WI 54701-3715, United States
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