| Summary: | Founded in Seattle in 1892, the Swedish Club (also Swedish Cultural Center) is dedicated to learning about, practicing, and celebrating the culture and traditions of Scandinavia, with an emphasis on Sweden, though membership is open to people of any cultural background. Many founders and early members of the Swedish Club became successful business people in Seattle, such as Nels B. Nelson of Frederick & Nelson; John Edward Chilberg, financier and later president of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909; and John Nordstrom who together with Carl Wallin started what today is one of America's largest department stores. In this image Swedish Club President Berg Hagg tastes the dessert mousse made by noted Seattle pastry chef Fritz Schlatter for a dinner to be held in honor of King Carl XVI Gustaf (1946-) of Sweden, who was visiting Seattle as part of a 26-day tour of the United States. Caption information source: "Swedes in Seattle and King County," by Marianne Forssblad, HistoryLink.org Essay 3473 Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April 11, 1976, page 1 Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph. 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in.
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