Background
Carlson, Sven Hjalmar George was born on August 26, 1916 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Hjalmar and Marta Elvira (Anderson) Carlson.
Carlson, Sven Hjalmar George was born on August 26, 1916 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Hjalmar and Marta Elvira (Anderson) Carlson.
Bachelor, Yale college, 1949.
Builder, Sven G. carlson, Inc., Windsor and Hartford, Connecticut, 1949-1957; builder, developer, Sven G. carlson, Inc., Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1961-1973; retired, Sven G. Carlson, Inc., 1973; insurance planner, Occidental Life Insurance Company, Hartford, 1957-1961; writer, Bloomfield, Connecticut, since 1973.
Trustee, vice president Council Churches Foundation, Hartford, since 1960. President Greater Hartford Council Churches, 1965-1966. Board directors Connecticut Halfway Houses, Inc., 1963-1988, Housing Now, 1960-1962, Immanuel Church Housing Corporation, 1968.
Captain United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946. Member Yale Club (board directors Hartford unit since 1980, president Class of 1949, 1974-1984).
Married Leila Gouchnour, January 20, 1945 (divorced 1974). Children: Susan Elizabeth, Sven Geoffrey.