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Hugo R. Magnuson (May 23, 1900 – May 20, 2003) was an American businessman and politician. He founded the regional
Hugo's Hugo's Family Marketplace is a family-owned chain of supermarket grocery stores located in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota. It was founded by Hugo and Dorothy Magnuson in 1939. Hugo's is headquartered in the city of Grand Forks, Nort ...
grocery store chain. He was the mayor of the city of
Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...
, from 1964 to 1972; he also served as a city council member for seventeen years.


Early life

Hugo Ragnar Magnuson was born in Parkers Prairie,
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
. He was one of six children (including Minnie, Ernest, Esther, Hans, and Alfred) born to Carl Victor Magnuson (1863–1949) and Mary Sjobeck Magnuson (1866–1961).


Career

He is best known for the chain of grocery stores which bears his name. He opened his first grocery outlet in Grand Forks in 1939 as a Pure Foods Store. For many years, Magnuson's stores carried the name
Piggly Wiggly Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain operating in the American Southern and Midwestern regions run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers. Its first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable f ...
. That name was dropped in 1984, with the arrival of a new wholesaler,
Nash Finch Company The Nash Finch Company was a Fortune 500 company based in Edina, Minnesota, United States. The company was involved in food distribution to private companies, primarily independent supermarkets, and military commissaries; and the operation of ret ...
. Hugo's stores are located in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.


Personal life

He was married to Dorothy (Swenson) Magnuson (1908–1989), with whom he had four children. The city of Grand Forks declared May 2000 as "Hugo Magnuson Month", in honor of his 100th birthday. Magnuson died three days before his 103rd birthday in 2003. He was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks, North Dakota.''Hugo Ragnar Magnuson'' (North Dakota Department of Health)


See also

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List of centenarians (politicians and civil servants) The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as politicians and government servants – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians The following is a list of lis ...
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List of mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota The following is a list of the Mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Mayors References External linksGrand Forks "Office of the Mayor" official website{{Grand Forks Grand Forks Mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota The following is a list o ...


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History of Hugo's


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