Carl Frederick SolbergPapers 1833-1862

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Carl Frederick SolbergPapers 1833-1862

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Carl Frederick Solberg was born in Kristiania(Oslo), Norway, in 1833 and came to America in 1853. In 1857 he became editorof the Norwegian-language paper "Emigraten," becoming publisher in 1860. He waswar correspondent for the paper during the Civil War, and in 1872 foundedanother paper, the "Minnesota." He died in 1924, at age 91.

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