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Carl Ekman

The able and popular manager of Svenska Folkets Tidning, Carl Ekman, is one of the stalward Swedish-Americans of Minnesota whose strong influence has been felt in the advancement of the business, good politics and high-toned journalism of the state. ... He was born in Vexio, Sweden, on the 25th of October, 1851, the second child in a family of eight sons and one daughter. The size of the family and the limited income of the parents made a thorough education for any of the children an impossibility. ... After obtaining a good elementary education he secured a position in a dry goods store of his native town, and was already well advanced in business practice and theory when the Franco-Prussian war ended and Germany's great industrial revival seemed at hand. Carl Ekman ...set out for Hamburg ... and soon secured a position as bookkeeper and Swedish correspondent with a leading wholesale firm of that city. [Soon] he was appointed traveling representative for northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden; but although the young man worked night and day, he was not favored with the assistance of the anticipated revival in the general world of business and commerce. ... In 1879 Mr. Ekman [arrived] in St. Paul the day before Thanksgiving and ... secured employment in a dry goods establishment. Within two years he entered business of his own together with one of his brothers, Henry Ekman. [Carl Ekman] withdrew from the firm in 1884, and moved to Lindstrom, Chisago County, where he established a general merchandise store. ... [T]he day before Christmas eve, 1888, he saw the fruits of his nine years of work and selfdenial go up in smoke and flame. Soon after ... Mr. Ekman received an appointment in connection with the Minnesota legislature, and in 1891 became chief clerk to the Secretary of State, Colonel Hans Mattson. Two years later he became identified in a responsible position with the Minnesota Stat Tidning, St. Paul, and since July 1, 1899, has been general manager of Svenska Folkets Tidning, Minneapolis. ... Mr. Ekman was appointed director of the Board of State Normal Schools by Governor Johnson in 1908. Mr. Ekman has been twice married -- first June 20, 1883, to Miss Amanda Wallmark, who died July 20, 1900. On August 27, 1902, he wedded Miss Anna Charlotta Peters, and of the twelve children borne by his two wives ten are living to do him honor. His children are: Irene (Mrs. F. A. Smith), born March 30, 1884, Carl N. F., surveyor Great Northern Railroad, August 2, 1885, Claes T. S., civil engineer, February 22, 1887; Sidney R., clerk, January 1, 1889; Lincoln G., Bank clerk, December 16, 1890; Ruth M., December 31, 1892; Roy H. K. A., Octrober 24, 1894; Emma E. S. and Edith E. A., twins, April 7, 1898; and Robert W. C., January 30, 1907. [note: a further surviving daughter, Helen, was born in 1917. Carl Ekman died in St. Paul in 1929 and is buried in Union Cemetery.]

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