Background
Nilsson, Hjalmar was born on September 24, 1860 in Nora, Sweden. Son of Anders and Marie (Anderson) Nilsson.
Nilsson, Hjalmar was born on September 24, 1860 in Nora, Sweden. Son of Anders and Marie (Anderson) Nilsson.
Came to the United States, 1881, naturalized citizen, 1893. Civil Engineer, School of Technology, Orebro, Sweden, 1878.
Worked at the trade in Boston. Journalist, since 1895, in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Deputy oil inspector Hennepin Company, by appointment of governor, 1909-1919.
Chief oil inspector State of Minnesota, terms 1919-1931.
Member of the United States Oil Insprs.’ Association (Vice president), Technology Society of Orebro, Sweden (life), American Scandinavian Foundation, Swedish-American History Society, Vasa Order America (president Minnesota district 1910).
Married Christine Neuman, 1882 (died 1923). Married second, Brita Larson, April. Children: Maria Christine (Mistress Carl R. Chindblom), Verner Hjalmar.