Swensson, Paul S. (Paul Sigfrid), 1907-2001.

Paul Sigfrid Swensson was born November 11, 1907 at Woburn, Massachusetts. His father, Gustav Sigfrid Swensson, was a Lutheran pastor. His mother, Minnie (Hamburg) Swensson, was a teacher. He attended public schools in Aurora, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, and Mound, Minnesota.

Swensson was a graduate of Mound (Minn.) High School. He attended the Lutheran Bible Institute, St. Paul, in 1924-1925. In 1928 he earned a bachelor's degree at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, with majors in English and biology. He apparently spent the next year in a theological seminary and then in graduate study in history and philosophy at the University of Minnesota (two quarters, 1929-1930).

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