Karl Artur Wilhelm
(Vilhelm)
Moberg
Born in Moshultamåla, Algutsboda, Småland, Sverige
Ancestors 
Brother of
Axel Hjalmar Moberg, Signe Johanna Matilda (Moberg) Fredrickson, Aron Oskar Wilhelm Moberg, Astrid Anna Ingeborg Moberg, Aron Oskar Herbert Moberg and Elsa Charlotta Dagmar (Moberg) Fransson
Husband of
Margareta Sofia (Törnqvist) Moberg
— married
22 Sep 1923 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in Grisslehamn, Väddö, Uppland, Sverige
Profile last modified
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Biography
Vilhelm Moberg is Notable.
Vilhelm Moberg was the Swedish author who shaped the popular image of Swedish emigration to North America with his four-part series The Emigrants published 1949-1959 and depicting the lives of a group of emigrants leaving Småland in 1850.
Karl Artur Wilhelm was born in Algutsboda parish 20 August 1898 to the soldier Carl Gottfrid Moberg and his wife Ida Charlotta Aronsdotter.[1][2] Like so many young Swedes at the time Vilhelm Moberg worked on farms and in the forest. He also worked as a glass blower, his home area having several glass works. However, Vilhelm was more studious and ambitious than the average youngster, and landed a few jobs as editor for local newspapers, which became the launch pad for his career as a writer.[3][4]
When Vilhelm Moberg married Margareta Sofia Törnqvist 22 September 1923, he was an editor in Alvesta.[5] In June 1934 the writer Vilhelm Moberg and his wife moved from Solna to Nacka with their four daughters.[6] In the census 1940 Vilhelm Moberg is registered as an author.[7]
Vilhelm Moberg started planning The Emigrants in 1947. In 1948 he went to America with his family. He spent the next four years mostly in the United States, in research and writing. The first book in the series was published in Sweden in 1949.[8]
At the time of the census 1970 Vilhelm Moberg and his wife lived in Grisslehamn,[9] where he died 8 August 1973.
Sources
- ↑ Algutsboda (G, H) AIIa:2 (1901-1911) Bild 106 / Sida 669
- Arkiv Digital page info v166086.b106.s669 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Algutsboda (G, H) AIIa:2 (1901-1911) Bild 97 / Sida 660
- Arkiv Digital page info v166086.b97.s660 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Växjö (G) AIIa:18 (1913-1924) Bild 370 / Sida 1629
- Arkiv Digital page info v168298.b370.s1629 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Vadstena (E) AIIa:9 (1918-1930) Bild 14 / Sida 10
- Arkiv Digital page info v179693.b14.s10 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Alvesta (G) AIIa:5 (1915-1927) Bild 291 / Sida 281
- Arkiv Digital page info v166139.b291.s281 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Nacka (AB) AIIa:38 (1931-1939) Bild 3120 / Sida 654
- Arkiv Digital page info v270342.b3120.s654 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) - 1940 års folkräkning H1AA:103 (1940) Bild 830 / Sida 82
- Arkiv Digital page info v884661.b830.s82 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ WilhelmMoberg.com
- ↑ Sveriges befolkning 1970 (ArkivDigital) AID: r34.p244668430
- Vilhelm Moberg in Wikipedia
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