Tuve Nils Hasselquist was a Swedish American

Swedish American

Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885-1915. Most were Lutherans who affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ; some were Methodists...

 Lutheran minister and church leader.

Biography

Hasselquist was born in Hasselröd, Osby Municipality

Osby Municipality

Osby Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on January 1, 1974, when the former market town Osby was merged with three adjacent rural...

 in Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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A graduate of the University of Lund, he was ordained as a minister in the Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...

 in Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

 during 1839. Pastor Hasselquist was called from Åkarp Church

Åkarp

Åkarp is a locality situated in Burlöv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 5,393 inhabitants in 2005.It lies approximately 9 km northeast of Malmö and 12 km southwest of Lund. It has a station on the Skåne commuter rail network.- References :...

, in Skåne, Sweden in late 185l. He immigrated to the United States during 1852. He had arrived in response to a request from Lars Paul Esbjörn

Lars Paul Esbjörn

Lars Paul Esbjörn was a Swedish-American Lutheran clergyman, academic and church leader. Esbjörn was a founder of Augustana College and of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church.-Background:...

 for help with the Swedish Lutheran mission in Illinois. Esbjörn had arrived in Andover, Illinois

Andover, Illinois

Andover is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 578 at the 2010 census, down from 594 at the 2000 census. -Geography:Andover is located at ....

 from Sweden during 1849 as the first Swedish Lutheran minister in the Upper Midwest

Upper Midwest

The Upper Midwest is a region in the northern portion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States. It is largely a sub-region of the midwest. Although there are no uniformly agreed-upon boundaries, the region is most commonly used to refer to the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and...

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Hasselquist initially served as a pastor in Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....

. From 1855 until 1859, Hasselquist also served as founding editor and publisher of the first Swedish language newspaper in America, Hemlandet

Hemlandet

Hemlandet was a Swedish-American newspaper, begun in 1855 in Galesburg, Illinois. It was the first Swedish-language newspaper in America.Founded by Tuve Hasselquist, the newspaper moved to Chicago in 1859 along with his Swedish Lutheran Publication Society. Its original content was primarily...

. Hasselquist also founded the Swedish Lutheran Publication Society

Swedish Lutheran Publication Society

The Swedish Lutheran Publication Society was a publishing organization, founded by Tuve Hasselquist in Galesburg, Illinois then reorganized and moved to Chicago in 1859. It was severely damaged in the Chicago fire of 1871, but the Society and its successors were responsible for publishing most of...

 as a publishing house for Swedish language books, hymnals and other Lutheran publications.

Swedish Lutherans including Hasselquist, Lars Paul Esbjörn, Jonas Swensson

Jonas Swensson

Jonas Swensson was a noted minister of the Lutheran Church and president of the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church....

, and Erland Carlsson

Erland Carlsson

Erland Carlsson was a Swedish-American Lutheran Minister. He was one of the founders and served as President of the Augustana Lutheran Synod.-Background:...

 organized the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church was a Lutheran church body in the United States that was one of the churches that merged into the Lutheran Church in America in 1962...

 in the Jefferson Prairie Settlement

Jefferson Prairie Settlement

Jefferson Prairie Settlement was a pioneer colony of Norwegian-Americans located near the village of Clinton, in Rock County, Wisconsin. This site and the nearby Rock Prairie settlement outside Orfordville, Wisconsin served as a center for both Norwegian immigration and developments within the...

 during 1860. Hasselquist became the founding president of the Augustana Synod and remained in that capacity through 1870.

In 1863, the Rev. Dr. Tuve Nils Hasselquist became the second president of Augustana College

Augustana College (Illinois)

Augustana College is a private liberal arts college located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The college enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Covering of hilly, wooded land, Augustana is adjacent to the Mississippi River...

 in Paxton, Illinois

Paxton, Illinois

Paxton is a city in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,473 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Ford County.-History:...

. Hasselquist strove to solidify the place of the college in the life of its church. During 1875, under his leadership, Augustana College was moved to Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island is the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,884 at the 2010 census. Located on the Mississippi River, it is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf. The Quad Cities...

which was a more central location among the growing number of Augustana Synod congregations. Tuve Hasselquist continued to function as the president of Augustana College until 1891, the year of his death.

Other sources

• Benson, Adolph B. and Naboth Hedin, eds. (1938) Swedes in America, 1638-1938 (The Swedish American Tercentenary Association. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press) ISBN 978-0838303269
• Gross, Ernie. This Day in Religion. New York: Neil-Schuman Publishers, 1990. ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
• Olson, Ernst W. and Martin J. Engberg History of the Swedes in Illinois - In Three Parts (printed by the Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company. Chicago: 1908)