Occupation Sports writer Died March 7, 1949 | Name David Wahlberg | |
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Born September 9, 1882 ( 1882-09-09 ) Ytterlannas, Sweden Spouse(s) Jenny Katarina Wagberg (m. 1909–27)
Bertha Debora Engstrom (m. 1929–49) Parent(s) Johanna Winblad (1859–1916)
Per Olof Bernhard Wahlberg (1852–1927) Relatives Frideborg Winblad, aunt Education Augustana College, University of Chicago | ||
David Emanuel Wahlberg (September 9, 1882 – March 7, 1949) was a Swedish sports writer and editor who covered the 1912 Summer Olympics. He became president of the sports organization LAIF from 1937 to 1939. Later in life he was the Lutheran minister in Langsele, Sweden.
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He was born on September 9, 1882 in Ytterlannas, Sweden to Johanna Winblad (1859–1916) and Per Olof Bernhard Wahlberg (1852–1927). He attended college in Sweden and graduated in 1901 then studied at the University of Chicago and received his Master of Arts in Romance 1904. He then attended Augustana College in 1905. He returned to Sweden and worked as a language teacher and journalist until 1916. He was ordained and then worked as a minister in Sundsvall. In 1923 or 1924 he became the pastor in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On September 15, 1927, his wife Jenny Katarina Wagberg died and on February 28, 1929 he left Argentina with his four children and returned to Sweden where he married his housekeeper, Bertha Debora Engstrom. He worked for a few different congregations until 1936 when he moved to Langsele. In 1942 he wrote A history of the Langsele parish school system: 1842-1942 with Torsten Sundvall and Urban Oland. Wahlberg died on March 7, 1949 in Fagersta, Sweden.