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Helen Svensson Fletre papers, 1894-1987
- Title
- Helen Svensson Fletre papers, 1894-1987
- Identifier
- P1409
- Date
- 1894-1987
- Creator
- Fletre, Helen
- Description
- Papers of a prominent member of the Norwegian colony in Chicago. A native of Ødehøg, Sweden, educated in Sweden and London, she served as a governess in England and later as a teacher in Norway. In 1934 she married Lars Fletre, a Norwegian sculptor who had earlier lived in Chicago. They moved to Chicago with their three children in 1954, where they became active in the many Norwegian groups which were flourishing at the time, notably DeLiSa (Det literaer Samfund), Nordmanns Forbundet, Norwegian National League, and others. She served on the Sesquicentennial Commission, was co-editor of From Fjord to Prairie, for which together with other services she was awarded the Medal of St. Olaf in 1976. As a staff writer for the newspaper Vinland, she contributed "hundreds" of articles to that paper. She was a familiar figure at symposiums and conferences where she presented papers dealing with Norwegian cultural life in Chicago. During her last years she was helpful in collecting information for A Century of Urban Life, by Odd S. Lovoll, published by NAHA in 1988.
- Extent
- 1.6 cubic feet (4 archives boxes)
Files
Citation
Fletre, Helen, “Helen Svensson Fletre papers, 1894-1987,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11029.