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Georg Jensen Inc. was a gift and department store known for Scandinavian imports located in midtown Manhattan at 667 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street from 1935–1968. In 1935, it was founded and managed by Frederik Lunning (1881–1952), re-inventing his original New York store, Georg Jensen Handmade Silver, Inc., founded 1923, at 169 West 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall. [1]
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Stelber Cycle Corp was a manufacturer of bicycles located in New York City.It was granted a patent for a bicycle stabilizer in 1952. [1] It offered cruiser bicycles in the 1950s [2] and several models during the 1960s in the wheelie bike style designed by George Barris under the Iverson brand name. [3]
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Ernest and Clarence Iverson were popular radio personalities on Twin Cities stations WDGY and KEYD during the 1930s and 1940s. Ernest (1903–1958) was known as Slim Jim . His brother Clarence (1905–1990) was the Vagabond Kid .
Wages and industriousness in southern Sweden 1500–1850, Scandinavian Economic History Review; Hansson, Pontus, and Lars Jonung. "Finance and economic growth: the case of Sweden 1834–1991." Research in Economics (1997) 51#3 pp: 275-301. Online; Heckscher, Eli F. "The Place of Sweden in Modern Economic History."
The health insurance organization for Scandinavian immigrants, Dania, opened a branch in Brooklyn in 1886. From 1891 to 1953 a Danish language newspaper, Nordlyset (The Northern Light) was published. In 1930 there were around 200.000 people of Danish descent.
Iversen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈiˀvɐsn̩]) is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Iver", from the Old Norse personal name Ívarr.The Old Norse personal name is composed of the two elements: either ív meaning "yew tree", "bow" or Ing (an old Germanic God); and the element ar meaning "warrior" or "spear". [1]