Val Bjornson

Kristjan Valdimar "Val" Bjornson (August 29, 1906 – March 10, 1987) was a Minnesota writer, newspaper editor, and politician who served as State Treasurer for more than two decades.[1]

K. Valdimar Bjornson, known in politics as Val Bjornson, in his 20s.

Bjornson was born in Minneota, Minnesota of Icelandic descent.[2] In World War II, he served in Navy intelligence, stationed in Iceland.[3] Besides English, he was fluent in Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian.[4]

He was part owner of the Minneota Mascot newspaper and an associate editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.[5]

Running as the Republican candidate in the 1954 United States Senate elections, Bjornson lost to Hubert Humphrey, with whom he sometimes shared a car to travel around the state.[6]

Bjornson died in Minneapolis on March 10, 1987.[7] The University of Minnesota, his alma mater, and the University of Iceland have a student exchange scholarship named in his honor.[8]

Bibliography

Bjornson, Val (1969). The History of Minnesota. West Palm Beach, Florida: Lewis Historical Publishing.

References
  1. "Val Bjornson". The New York Times. March 12, 1987. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
  2. CQ Weekly Report, Volume 12, page 1040. Congressional Quarterly, 1954
  3. http://www.icelandminnesota.com/scholarship.htm
  4. "National Affairs: Who Won". Time. September 27, 1954. Retrieved January 7, 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. http://www.marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/500519.html?nav=5015
  6. http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/7666/ Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#RLJ0XYUMN
  8. http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2005/UR_47605_REGION1.html


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