Bio of ELSBERG, Nels W.(b.1887), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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NELS W. ELSBERG - Vol III, pg 72-75
Nels W. Elsberg, city engineer of Minneapolis, was born here on the 27th of
August, 1887, his parents being Nels and Christina (Aim) Elsberg, both of whom
were natives of Sweden, whence they came to America about the year 1880. They
settled first in Wright county, Minnesota, where they took up their abode on a
farm, but later they established their home in Minneapolis, where the father
died in 1897. He was a railroad contractor and worked on the iron range. The
mother survives and is still living in this city.
Nels W. Elsberg acquired his education in the public schools and in the
University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1909, on the completion
of a course in civil engineering. Immediately afterward he entered upon the
active practice of his profession in Minneapolis and has been in the employ of
the city continuously since 1911. He was active in various capacities in
connection with the city engineer's office until December, 1921, when he was
elected to the position of city engineer, being probably the youngest man to
hold that position in the Northwest. Large responsi­bilities and heavy duties
devolve upon him, but he is proving adequate to his task. He was the engineer in
charge of the construction of the Third avenue bridge, which is one of the
monuments to the city's enterprise as well as to his individual efforts. Mr.
Elsberg also had charge of the building of the Franklin avenue bridge before he
was elected to his present position.
There is an interesting military chapter in the life record of Mr. Elsberg,
inasmuch as he was a civil engineer, belonging to the Civil Engineering Corps in
the navy during the World war. He was made an ensign and was stationed at
Norfolk, Virginia, serving for eighteen months. He is still subject to call, not
having had his discharge. He has membership in the Minneapolis Athletic Club,
also in the Odin Club, and fraternally he is a Mason of high rank, having
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while with the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine of Zuhrah Temple he has crossed the sands of the desert. His
professional achievements have gained him high rank in his chosen field of labor
and what he has already achieved argues well for the future.