Eric Enstrom (1875 near Mora, Sweden – November 16, 1968 in

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, and it is the county seat. The population is 11,126 according to the 2020 census. The city is named for the long rapids in the Mississippi River which was the uppermost limit ...

, USA, after retiring to

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

) was a Swedish-born American photographer. He became famous for his 1918 photograph of

Charles Wilden Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

in Bovey,

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

. The photo is now known as ''Grace'' and depicts Wilden saying a prayer over a simple meal. In 2002, "Grace" was designated the state photograph of Minnesota.State Photograph
''Minnesota North Star'' In 2007, Richard Palmer declared it “the true spirit of Minnesota”.

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- Website for Photograph 1875 births 1968 deaths American photographers Swedish photographers Artists from Minnesota {{US-photographer-stub