Edwin Björkman

Background

Björkman, Edwin was born on October 19, 1866 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Anders August and Johanna Elizabeth (Anderson) Björkman.

Education

Educated South-End Higher Latin School, Stockholm. Came to America, 1891.

Career

Clerk, actor, and journalist in Sweden, 1881-1891. Was editor of the Minnesota Posten, Saint Paul, 1892-1894. Reporter and music critic, The Times, Minneapolis, 1894-1897.

Reporter New York Sun and New York Times, 1897-1905.

On editorial staff New York Evening Post, 1906. Department editor, The World’s Work, 1909.

Editor Modern Drama Series, 1912-1915. Representative of British Department of Information, in Sweden, 1915-1917.

Director Scandinavian bureau, Committee on Public Information, 1918-1919.

Associate director League of Nations News Bureau, 1920-1921. Literature editor Asheville Times, 1926-1929. Knight of the Order of the Danneborg, 1919.

Scholarship American Scandinavian Foundation for literary studies aborad, 1914.

Compulsory service term in Swedish Army. Member 23d Regiment, New York Militia, during Spanish-American War.

Achievements

• Edwin Björkman has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member 23d Regiment, New York Militia, during Spanish-American War. Club: Pen and Plate.

Connections

Married Lucy Millender, January 25, 1934.

Father:

Anders August Björkman

Mother:

Johanna Elizabeth (Anderson) Björkman

Spouse:

Lucy Millender