Logan-Phillips County CO Archives Biographies.....Swedlund, Harry Benjamin May 14, 1888 - 
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Source: History of Colorado Prepared Under the Supervision of The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, Volume 1, Denber 1927
Author: James H. Baker, Editor & LeRoy R. Hafen, PhD Associate Editor

Harry Benjamin Swedlund, proprietor of an automobile sales business and general
garage and service station at Sterling, Logan county, was formerly mayor of that
city.  He was born in the village of Haxtun in the neighboring county of
Phillips, May 14, 1888, son of Bent A. & Matilda Swedlund, natives of Sweden. 
He was reared in Haxtun.  In 1907 he was graduated from the State Normal
Preparatory School at Denver and has since been engaged in mercantile
activities, carrying on a hardware and implement business at Fleming, Logan
county, until 1912, when he removed to Sterling, where he has since been in
business, being now district distributor for the Studebaker automobiles and a
general dealer in automobile accessories and supplies.  He also is a member of
the board of directors of the State Bank of Sterling.  In 1923 Mr. Swedlund was
elected mayor of Sterling and served for a term.  He also has been a member of
the city council.
   ON December 29, 1909, in Denver, Mr. Swedlund married Ida Johnson, and they
have three children, Hector Harry, Lawrence George, and Norma Lee.  Mr. and Mrs.
Swedlund are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Sterling
Country Club.  He is a member of the Sterling Rotary Club, is a Royal Arch and
Knight Templar Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with El Jebel
Temple at Denver, and is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.


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