Lloyd Hustvedt

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Lloyd Merlyn Hustvedt (born April 18, 1922 in Sogn ; † February 2, 2004 ) was an American Scandinavian . His research focused on American-Norwegian history.

Life

His parents, Lars Iversen Hustvedt (1887–1973) and Mathilde Anette (Underdahl) Hustvedt (1893–1991), were children of Norwegian immigrants. Hustvedt completed his BA at St. Olaf College with a major in Norwegian. Hustvedt received his MA from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin .

In 1954, Hustvedt became a professor at St. Olaf College, where he later was chairman of the Norwegian department and was appointed the first holder of the King Olav V professorship for Norwegian studies. In 1959, he became executive secretary of the Norwegian-American Historical Association , a position he held for four decades. He was a founding member of the Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America . He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum.

In 1967 he was awarded the McKnight Prize in Literature by the McKnight Family Literary Fund. Hustvedt received a Fulbright-Hays Act scholarship and traveled to Iceland in the summer of 1968. In 1980 he received the Order of St. Olav, First Class Knight, from King Olav V. In 1985 he was the first American to be recognized by the America-Norway Heritage Fund for his contributions to Norwegian-American understanding and preservation of the history of Norwegian immigrants in the United States.

Since 1954, Lloyd Hustvedt was married to the native Norwegian Ester Vegan, with whom he had four children, including the author Siri Hustvedt .

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SURNAME Hustvedt, Lloyd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hustvedt, Lloyd Merlyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Scandinavian
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Sogn
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2004