# Albinus Hasselgren

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**Albinus Hasselgren** (born **Johan Albin Hasselgren**, March 20, 1880 – April 9, 1916) was a Swedish-American artist.

## Background

Hasselgren was born in [Gävle](/source/G%C3%A4vle), [Sweden](/source/Sweden). He was the son of Per Johan Hasselgren and Anna Gustafva Jansson. His sister was Swedish artist Elfrida Gustava Ewerlöf (1886-1984).[1]

## Career

In 1903, Hasselgren immigrated to the United States where he adopted the first name to Albinus. He painted rural scenes of [New England](/source/New_England) and a number of religious works. Hasselgren also painted altar pieces for Lutheran churches in New England. Two are still in the church of which he became a congregation member, the Emanuel Lutheran.

Soon after his arrival in New England, he became involved in the discussion about early Norse settlements in North America. Hasselgren became convinced that the [Newport Tower](/source/Newport_Tower_(Rhode_Island)) in [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport,_Rhode_Island) was a remain from such a settlement, something that he developed in his most famous painting *Vinland the year 1127*. In the painting, we see Vikings together with Native Americans in front of the tower. The painting was featured in the *[Sunday Telegram](/source/Portland_Press_Herald)* and was published in the magazine *Prärieblomman Kalender för 1912*.

## Later years and death

Hasselgren lived his last four years at a sanatorium in [Westfield, Massachusetts](/source/Westfield,_Massachusetts), after being diagnosed with [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis). Hasselgren died during 1916 at age 36. He was buried on April 11, 1916, in the Swedish Cemetery (now All Faiths Cemetery) in Worcester (Lot #1359).[2]

## Artworks

- *Girl On the Beach*, oil on canvas, 1904. Private.
- *Jesus Preaching to the Multitude*, oil on canvas, 1905. Emanuel Lutheran Church, Worcester (Quinsigamond Village).
- *The Resurrection*, oil on canvas, Emmanual Lutheran Church, Worcester.
- *Winter Scene (after Fritz Thaulow)*, oil on canvas 1907. Private.
- *Lake Scene*, oil on canvas, 1907. Private.
- *Vinland the year 1117*, oil on canvas, c. 1908. Whereabouts unknown. Featured in the *[Sunday Telegram](/source/Portland_Press_Herald)*, February 2, 1908. Reproduced in *Prärieblomman Kalender för 1912* .

## References

1. ["Elfrida Ewerlöf"](https://www.artsignaturedictionary.com/artist/elfrida.ewerl%C3%B6f). artsignaturedictionary. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

1. ["History-All Faiths Cemetery"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180927090130/http://allfaithscem.org/history/default.html). All Faiths Cemetery and Crematory. Archived from [the original](http://www.allfaithscem.org/history/default.html) on September 27, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

## Other sources

- Otto Robert Landelius (1957) "Hasselgren, Johan Albin (Albinus) in *[Svenskt konstnärslexikon](/source/Svenskt_konstn%C3%A4rslexikon)* (Malmö: Allhems Förlag) vol. 3 p. 61.
- Jeff Werner (2008) [*Medelvägens Estetik. Sverigebilder i USA*](https://www.academia.edu/11454235/Medelv%C3%A4gens_estetik._Sverigebilder_i_USA_del_2) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240618225829/https://www.academia.edu/11454235/Medelv%C3%A4gens_estetik._Sverigebilder_i_USA_del_2) 2024-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (Möklinta: Gidlunds förlag) vol 2, pp. 28–31.

## Related reading

- A sister of Albinus Hasselgren wrote a short biography currently kept at the [Emigrant Institute in Växjö, Sweden](/source/Swedish_Emigrant_Institute), together with American newspaper clippings about her brother. There are also postcards and letters from Albinus Hasselgren in the family archive in Bergslagen, Sweden.

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