Louisa Matthíasdóttir

female, deceased (2000)
American painter, painter, modern painter, Expressionism, icelandic, American…American-Scandinavian Foundation
Louisa Matthíasdóttir was an Icelandic-American painter. Matthíasdóttir was born in Reykjavík. She showed artistic ability at an early age, and s...

Gunnar Sønsteby

male, 91 years old
Distinguished Service Order, norwegian, American-Scandinavian Foundation, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby, War Cross with Three Swords
Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO (born 11 January 1918) is the most highly decorated Norwegian, based in large part on his efforts as a N...
Steven B. Peri

Steven B. Peri

male, 61 years old (Newark, New Jersey, United States)
Princeton University, corporate law, president, commercial law, lawyer, business law…Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, American Scandinavian Foundation
Steven Peri , Senior Vice President and General Counsel Steven joined TANDBERG in April of 2005. He oversees all legal matters for the company...
Whitney Blanchard

Whitney Blanchard

University of Washington, president, science, heriot-watt university, unh, University of New Hampshire…American-Scandinavian Foundation
Whitney Blanchard , UNH Fulbright Scholarship Winner for 2007-2008 Whitney Blanchard, UNH G‘08 has been awarded a Student Fulbright Scholarship to...
John L. Loeb Jr

John L. Loeb Jr

male
ambassador, chairman, Harvard, Harvard Business School, Harvard College, B.A.…American-Scandinavian Foundation, Winston Churchill Foundation, Langeloth Foundation
Ambassador Loeb earned his B.A. cum laude in 1952 from Harvard College where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. In 1954, he received his...

Claes G. Bjork

director, vice president, Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, American Scandinavian Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees, Granite Construction Incorporated
Claes G. Bjork Mr. Bjork served as Chief Executive Officer of Skanska AB, Sweden, one of the world’s largest construction companies, from 199...

Albert R. Dowden

male
Middlebury College, nyse, director, chairman, volvo, new york university school of law…American Scandinavian Foundation
Albert R. Dowden – Mr. Dowden served in various capacities with Volvo companies in North America from 1967-1998, retiring as President, Chief Ex...

Oivind Lorentzen

house, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, NNi, American-Scandinavian Foundation, principal offices, Director of Seacor Smit Incorporated
Oivind Lorentzen is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Navigation Group, which includes shipowning and investment companies with...

E. Franklin Frazier

male
Fisk University, University of Chicago, Howard University, Atlanta University, Morehouse College, clark university…American Scandinavian Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation
E. Franklin Frazier was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 24, 1894, one of five children of James H. Frazier, a bank messenger, and Mary...

Tracy Harris

MA, presbyterian church, boston symphony orchestra, fox, the independent, juilliard school of music…American Scandinavian Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Pillsbury Foundation, Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation
Ms. Harris has performed as a Soloist and Principal Flutist with a number of symphony orchestras such as (some chairs held concurrently): The...