Bjornson, Gunnar B.
House 1913-14 (District 17); House 1915-16 (District 13)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Lyon
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
8/17/1872
Birth Place:
,
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Iceland
Date of Death:
9/15/1957
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Minneota
Occupation (when first elected):
Newspaper Editor and Publisher, The Minneota Mascot
EDUCATION
Quincy Common Schools, Illinois; Attended College; Business
Studied Law;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Postmaster:
Minneota (Appointed by President Roosevelt);
? to 1912
School Board/Administration:
Minneota, Minnesota (School Board; 24 years);
[Dates Unknown]
State Board/Commission/Council:
State Tax Commission;
1925 to 1935
[Appointed]
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Board of Tax Appeals (Chairman);
1939 to 1955
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Ingibjorg Augustine Hurdal (married in 1903)
Children:
Six children: Valdimar, Hjalmar, Bjorn, Helga, Stefania, Jon
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He came to America when he was four years old.
He was a member of the Republican Party.
He died in Hennepin County, Minnesota and is buried in Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota.
Religion provided by a relative and his obituary. He was a member of the Icelandic Lutheran Synod.
Elected: 11/3/1914
Residence: Minneota
Term of Office: 1/5/1915 to 1/1/1917
Counties Represented:
Lyon
Occupation: Newspaper Editor and Publisher, The Minneota Mascot
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Party Notes: He was "at first a prominent candidate of the progressives for speaker, but withdrew in favor of Gordon…" (Buell, C.J. The Minnesota Legislature of 1915, p. 94)
Committees:
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Compensation of Public Officials
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Drainage
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Education
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Elections (Chair)
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Insurance
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Towns and Counties
Elected: 11/5/1912
Residence: Minneota
Term of Office: 1/7/1913 to 1/4/1915
Counties Represented:
Lyon
Occupation: Newspaper Editor and Publisher, The Minneota Mascot
Party:
Republican
Committees:
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Education
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Insurance
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Printing (Chair)
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Telephone and Telegraph
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Villages
Photographs
Articles & Books About
"Reporting from the Floor of the House." Session Weekly, St. Paul: Minnesota House of Representatives Information Office, February 19, 1999, p. 4.
- This article lists his death year as 1959, all other sources checked list 1957.
"Gunnar B. Bjornson." Star Tribune, September 17, 1957, p. 4.
"Bjornson, Icelandic Leader, Dies." Star Tribune, September 16, 1957, p. 1.
"G. B. Bjornson Dies; Former Publisher." Minneapolis Star, September, 16, 1957, p. 9.
These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.