Bio of MOEN, Dr. Johannes K. (b.1867), 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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Vol III, pg 391-392
JOHANNES K. MOEN, M. D.
Norway has furnished a representative class of citizens to the United States and
prominent among them is Dr. Johannes K. Moen, who is engaged in the practice of
medicine in Minneapolis. He was born in Telemark, Norway, on the 3d of March,
1867, a son of Knud and Marguerite (Ryentveet) Moen, likewise natives of that
country. The Moens were a family of agriculturists and members of the family
still retain and live on a farm in Norway that has been in the family for
generations. For many years prior to his death he engaged in farming and was
successful. He passed away in 1868, and Mrs. Moen survived him until 1910.
In the acquirement of his early education Johannes K. Moen attended the public
schools of his native country. At the age of eighteen years he came to the
United States and located at Red Wing, Minnesota. He worked and attended Red
Wing Seminary at the same time and subsequently enrolled in the medical
department of the University of Minnesota, from which institution he received
the M. D. degree in 1893. He immediately engaged in practice at Windom,
Cottonwood county, Minne­sota, and remained there fifteen years, enjoying an
extensive and lucrative patronage. During all that time he continued to study
his profession and subsequently he went abroad and spent one and one-half years
in postgraduate work in Vienna and other European cities. On his return to the
United States he located in Minneapolis, where he has continued to practice. He
has served on various hospital staffs in this city and has also lectured in the
Nurses School. He is at present chief physician for the Scan­dinavian-American
fraternity. While a resident of Cottonwood county he was coroner and health
officer for several years, and during the World war he served as a member of the
Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers.
In Windom, on the 15th of June, 1896, occurred the marriage of Dr. Moen and Miss
Laura Larson, a daughter of Thor and Helen Larson of Lyle, Minnesota. To their
union five children have been born: Elfrida, the eldest member of the family, is
now the wife of Ralph Upgjordon of Milan, Minnesota; Frithjof is a veteran of
the World war, having served in the Eight Hundred and Thirty-second Aero
Squadron, and was stationed for the greater part of the time at Salisbury Field,
England; Johannes, Jr., is a medical student at the University of Minnesota;
Harrold died when eleven years of age; and Luther is the youngest member of the
family.
In his political views the Doctor is a stanch democrat and was a member of the
state executive committee for several years. He has always been public-spirited
and his cooperation can be counted upon in the furtherance of any movement for
the benefit of the community at large. Fraternally he is identified with the
Masons, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, and the Scandinavian-American fraternity,
in which he is very active. He is an active member of the Sons of Norway and of
the Citizens Club. Along professional lines he holds membership in the State and
County Medical Associations. His religious faith is manifest in his membership
in the Lutheran church. He is a man of high intellectual attainments, enjoys
writing and has written several works, in prose and verse, in his native
language. The Doctor is in the truest sense of the word a self-made man and he
enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen, includ­ing his professional
brethren.