"The Swede Corner. The photo shows from left to right, Kjel Olsson's, Anders Karlström's and John Morine's homes in Aitkin. On the other side of the street opposite the Karlström's house lives a daughter of Mrs Jöns Jonsson, married to a Norwegian."

Source: Farmers, Crofters and Soldiers of old Klövsjö, by By Gösta Ullberg, priest in Klövsjö 1921 - 1928

To read a partial transcription of this fascinating book that deals with emigration to Aitkin, click here .