''Arbeidets Ridder'' was a
Norwegian/
Danish language weekly labor newspaper published from
Minneapolis during the 1880s.
''Arbeidets Ridder'' (which means Knight of Labour) was started on the initiative of the Scandinavian Labor and Sick Benefit Society. Politically, the paper was close to the
Knights of Labor. The paper carried the subtitle ''Organ for the Scandinavian workers in the North-West''.
[Hoerder, Dirk, and Christiane Harzig. ]
Migrants from Northern Europe. The immigrant labor press in North America, 1840s-1970s : an annotated bibliography, 1
'. New York tc. Greenwood Press, 1987. p. 90.
Johannes B. Wist
Johannes B. Wist (6 April 1864 –1 December 1923) was a Norwegian American newspaper editor, journalist and author.
Biography
Born Johannes Racinus Benjaminsen, he was the son of Benjamin Olaus Johansen Wist (1829–97) and Magdalena Arnoldusdat ...
was the founding editor of the ''Arbeidets Ridder''. He served as editor of the newspaper from 1886 until 1887. Johannes Wist later became editor of the newspaper ''
Decorah-Posten
''Decorah-Posten'' was a notable Norwegian language newspaper published in Decorah, Iowa. It was founded in 1874 by Brynild Anundsen (publisher), Brynild Anundsen, a native of Skien, Norway, and widely read by Scandinavian immigrants in several s ...
'' from 1901–1923.
References
Danish-American culture in Minnesota
Danish-language newspapers published in the United States
Defunct newspapers published in Minnesota
Norwegian-language newspapers published in the United States
Norwegian-American culture in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Non-English-language newspapers published in Minnesota
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