Bio of SOLEM, Hon. Ludwig O. (b.1881), 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

Vol II, pg 801-802
HON. LUDWIG O. SOLEM
Hon. Ludwig O. Solem, lawyer and lawmaker of Minneapolis, has practiced his
profession in this city for the past eighteen years and has also served as a
member of the state legislature for two terms. He was born in Faribault,
Minnesota, on the 1st of February, 1881, a son of Lars L. and Anne P. (Rothi)
Solem, who were natives of Norway and crossed the Atlantic to the United States
about 1875. They first took up their abode on a farm in Rice county, Minnesota,
but subsequently removed to Faribault, where they continued to reside until the
spring of 1884, when they came to Minneapolis. Here the father passed away on
the 31st of October, 1919. The mother still makes her home in this city, where
she has an extensive circle of warm friends.
Ludwig O. Solem who was but three years of age when his parents established
their home in Minneapolis, attended the public schools in the acquirement of an
education and afterward entered upon specific preparation for a professional
career as a student in the University of Minnesota, from which institution he
was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1904. The same year he was admitted
to the Minnesota bar and through the intervening period to the present time has
remained an active and successful representative of the legal profession in
Minneapolis, his clientage being now extensive and important. His ability is
pronounced and has been attested by the various favorable verdicts that he has
won. He enjoys the warm regard, confidence and goodwill of his professional
brethren as a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and the Minnesota
State Bar Association. As a lawmaker, too, his record is a most creditable one,
for he served in the state legislature for two terms, or from January, 1917,
until December, 1920, introducing a number of important bills and giving
thoughtful and earnest consideration to the many vital questions which came up
for settlement.
On the 16th of January, 1907, Mr. Solem was united in marriage to Miss Frances
Margaret Edwards of Minneapolis and they have become parents of two children,
Margaret L. and Charles L. During the period of the World war Mr. Solem served
as a member of the legal advisory board. He belongs to the Elks Club and the
Calhoun Commercial Club and enjoys an enviable reputation as a valued resident
and representative attorney of the city in which almost his entire life has been
spent.