Background
Nilsson, Victor was born on March 10, 1867 in near Trelleborg, Sweden. Son of John and Bertha (Hansson) Nilsson.
Nilsson, Victor was born on March 10, 1867 in near Trelleborg, Sweden. Son of John and Bertha (Hansson) Nilsson.
Higher Latin College, Gothenburg, Sweden. Candidate Ph., University of Minnesota, 1894, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897 (1st person to obtain doctor’s degree in America with Scandinavian langs. and literature as major line of study). Unmarried.
Came to America, 1885, naturalized, 1897.
Member of the board American Institute Swedish Arts, Literature and Letters since 1930. First vice president Hennepin County Publishers Association Knighted by King Gustaf of Sweden with Royal Order of Vasa, 1st class, 1919, Order of the North Star, 1929. Member United Singers of the Red River Valley, De Svenske Chorus of Sweden.