Background
Bonggren, Olof Jakob was born on October 7, 1854 in Bergane, parish of Habol, Dalsland, Sweden. Son of Olof O. and Maria B. Bonggren.
Bonggren, Olof Jakob was born on October 7, 1854 in Bergane, parish of Habol, Dalsland, Sweden. Son of Olof O. and Maria B. Bonggren.
Graduated from College of Venersborg, 1874. (Doctor of Humane Letters, Bethany College, Kansas, 1901).
2d, Olga Amalia Lundin, April 29, 1905 (died October 1, 1906). Came to the United States 1882. Had been connected with leading newspapers in Sweden.
Editor of the Svenska Amerikanaren, Swedish newspaper, since May 3, 1883.
Author: Bibeln mot Bibeln, 1879. Läisarelif, 1879; Förstlingar (poems), 1882.
Det hemlighetsfullas verld (theosophical), 1892. Sanger och Sagor (poems), 1902.
Second Coming of the Christ, 1911.
Translator: Helvetet och Spöken (from Robt. Ingersoll), 1878; Caesar’s Kolonn (from Ignatius Donnelly), 1891. Home: 2407 North. Kedzie Boulevard Office: 208 North. 5th Avenue, Chicago.
Married in Sweden, Johanna Sporre, September 24, 1877 (died October 8, 1903).