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Carl A. Swanson was born in Karlskrona, Blekinge County, Sweden.
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He came to the United States in 1896 at the age of 17 and settled in Omaha, Nebraska"s community of immigrant Swedish-Americans. Jerpe Commission Company purchased eggs and cream from local farmers which they processed and sold. They operated a commission business hauling eggs, milk and poultry they bought from local farmers and selling them to the grocery stores and hotels in Omaha, Nebraska.
The enterprise was eventually incorporated.
Frank Ellison died in 1918 and John Hjerpe in 1928. After John Hjerpe"s death, Swanson became the sole owner of the corporation.
By 1938, the Swanson enterprise was one of the larger creameries in the United States and during World World War II became a major supplier of poultry and egg products to the United States. military. In 1945, the company’s name was officially changed to Central America
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