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Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in New Mexico
(Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

Christian J. Amble (1874-1947) — of Manzano, Torrance County, N.M.; Mountainair, Torrance County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Minnesota, 1874. Republican. Physician; druggist; Torrance County Treasurer, 1912; Torrance County Health Officer, 1931; member of New Mexico Republican State Committee, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1936; member of New Mexico state house of representatives; elected 1938. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., January 30, 1947 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.

Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) — also known as O. K. Fjetland — of Lemmon, Perkins County, S.Dak.; Iron River, Iron County, Mich.; Gladstone, Delta County, Mich. Born in Ellsworth, Hamilton County, Iowa, March 26, 1893. Son of Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland (1850-1936) and Knut Fjetland (1852-1950). Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1924; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928, 1932. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., October 6, 1969 (age 76 years, 194 days). Interment at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.

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