Background
Carl Søyland was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Tønnes James Søyland (1859–1917) and Kristiane Nilsen (1868–1953). Søyland grew up in Flekkefjord in Vest-Agder, Norway.
Carl Søyland was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Tønnes James Søyland (1859–1917) and Kristiane Nilsen (1868–1953). Søyland grew up in Flekkefjord in Vest-Agder, Norway.
He immigrated to the United States during 1919 at 25 years of age. In 1926, Søyland settled in Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. Søyland was the editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende from 1940 until his retirement in 1963.
Founded in 1891, Nordisk Tidende (now Norwegian American Weekly) was a Norwegian language weekly newspaper published by the Norwegian News Company in Brooklyn, New New York
Søyland was decorated in 1946 for his weekly news broadcasts from New York to Norway during World World War World War II Søyland wrote two books in Norwegian: Along the Highway and Byway in 1929 and Written in the Sand in 1954. Carl Søyland died in Brooklyn, New New York
Rygg, Andreas Nilsen (1941) Norwegians in New York, 1825—1925 (Brooklyn, New York: Norwegian News Company).