Hans Christian Dahl was born close to Trondhjem, Norway, Oct. 7, 1853. Before coming to America he worked in a bakery in Norway. When he was 18, an uncle in Dalton, Minn., loaned him money to pay for his passage to America. To pay for this ticket he worked for his uncle.
In 1878 he came to Glenwood Township and homesteaded the SE quarter of Section 36. He went back to Dalton, Minn., to bring his bride to the new home.

In 1914, Helmer and Oscar Dahl bought the farm from their father. Hans Dahl made a trip back to Hans Dahl & Ingeborg Estenson Wedding Norway. Helmer and Oscar raised purebred Hereford cattle. Lena and Annie were born in the first (1878)
home, a log house east of the middle branch of the Park River which flows through the farmstead.
Later, a large home was built west of the river where all the rest of the children were born.
The village of Sweden was located on the corner of this farm. Present owners of the farm gave permission to Otto Almen to erect a monument at the edge of the farm as an historical marker to commemorate the existence of the little village. The farm is in the hands of a branch of the Hans Dahl family. Mrs. Helmer (Alvina) Dahl and her daughters, Almyra and Norma, now own it.
5 -----Submitted by Mrs. Reuben Johnson, originally in the Walsh County Heritage Books.