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Minneapolis Veckoblad
('Minneapolis Weekly', also spelled ) was a List of Swedish-language newspapers, Swedish-language newspaper for Mission Friends published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It was founded in 1884 by preacher Erik August Skogsbergh under the name ('The Swedish Christian Herald') but was published under the new name from October 1887 to February 1906. In 1890 a corporation took over the publication of the newspaper. In 1906, its name was changed to . Skogsbergh served as the newspaper's editor for some time; Andrew Johnson, K. Newquist, and would later be its editors. described itself as a "Christian and political newspaper". In 1904, it was described as "one of the most widely distributed Swedish newspapers in America." The majority of its content was from a Mission Friends (Evangelical Covenant Church, Mission Covenant) theological perspective. Students from Skogsbergh's school for Swedish immigrants translated content into Swedish for the newspaper. The newspaper often covered p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Skogsbergh
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo (astrology), Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus and Remus, Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 Ab urbe condita, AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
