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Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren (1860-1937), född i Vederslöv, son till dåv. komministern (senare kyrkoherden i Myresjö och Lannaskede) Samuel Enevald Lönegren och h.h. Carolina Wettergrund.
Studentexamen i Jönköping 1879. Vistades vid universiteten i Lund och Uppsala 1879-1884. Förestod 1884-1885 en privat elemantarskola för flickor och pojkar i Sävsjö och var 1885-1889 dels lärare, dels föreståndare för den Franzénska elementarskolan i Jönköping. Var 1885-1888 även lärare i matematik vid Jönköpings elementarläroverk för flickor. Emigrerade t. USA 1889.
He was born in Wederlöf’s parish in Kronoberg’s County, Sweden, in 1860. His father was a minister, and his mother was from a family of clergy.
Educated at two Swedish universities, Lönegren taught school until 1889, when he left for Minnesota where two of his older brothers lived. He married Catherine L. Wedmark in 1892,
and they had a child, Irma, a year later.
Lönegren worked as an editor for several Swedish newspapers in Minnesota before moving to Seattle to work for the Pacific Tribune. While in Seattle, he helped Swedish author
Ernst Skarstedt write "Washington och dess Svenska Befolkning" (Washington and its Swedish Population).
Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren moved to Portland on October 3, 1908, to start a Swedish newspaper, which he successfully did. Through Oregon Posten, he had a considerable effect on
the local Swedish community. Not only did he help increase the Swedish population in Oregon during his twenty-six years of promoting the state, but he also played a role in strengthening
the sense of community by supporting Swedish organizations.
Within a month of arriving in Portland in 1908, Lönegren started a publishing company, which he named the Swedish Publishing & Printing Company. The first issue of Oregon Posten
(The Oregon Post), with him as editor and manager, appeared in December 1908. The paper published weekly until the last issue on January 23, 1936.
(Källa: The Oregon Encyclopedia)
Fotografering: 1875 - 1879 (Ca)
- FotografForthmeijer, Hanna (1827 - 1914)
- Fotograf, ortSverige Småland Kronoberg Växjö Konga Växjö Växjö Växjö stad
Förvärv: 1926
- Givare till museetHyltén-Cavallius, Henrik (1860 - 1927)
- HistorySon till Gustaf Erik Hyltén-Cavallius (1815-1888), kommendör m.m., och hans hustru friherrinnan Henrietta Eleonora Gyllenkrok (1823-1893). Henrik Hyltén-Cavallius var brorson till Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius (1818-1889). Källor: Bl a gravsten, Tegnérkyrkogården, Svensk Släktkalender 1914, s. 399. Växjö. Wexiö Stads Adresskalender 1904., Bokhållare, Gift
- Adress,Sverige Småland Kronoberg Växjö Konga Växjö Växjö Växjö stad
- Födelseort,Småland Kronoberg Alvesta Allbo Moheda Moheda
- ProfessionHypoteksbokhållare
- Alternative namesHyltén-Cavallius, Karl Henrik Olof Karl Henrik Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Carl Henrik Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Henrik Hyltén-Cavallius
- GenderMan
- NationalitySvensk
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- Dräkt (Outline)OU 291
- Vuxenålder (Outline)OU 885
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- Copies1 Positiv kopia
- IdentifierPf1339
- Part of collectionFoto ljud film
- Owner of collectionKulturparken Småland/Smålands museum
- InstitutionKulturparken Småland / Smålands museum
- Date publishedAugust 14, 2020
- Date updatedApril 11, 2024
- DIMU-CODE021018736707
- UUID9ea3e03c-da45-4d39-86d5-8e751fa0cc4a
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