Kristjan Valdimar Björnson

1906 - 1987  (80 years)

• Name	Kristjan Valdimar Björnson  [1]
  Birth	29 Aug 1906	Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, USA
  	Witness Role: Child: [I434] Kristjan Valdimar BJÖRNSON
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Groom	20 Feb 1945  [2]
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F1015] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Bride: [I4088] Guðrun JÓNSDOTTIR Witness Role: Groom: [I434] Kristjan Valdimar BJÖRNSON
  Note	From The History of Minnesota. West Palm Beach, Florida: Lewis Historical Publishing: Kristjan Valdimar 'Val' Bjornson (August 29, 1906-March 3, 1987) was a Minnesota writer, newspaper editor, and politician who served as state treasurer for more than two decades. He was born in Minneota, Minnesota of Icelandic descent. In World War II, he served in Navy intelligence, stationed in Iceland. He was able to speak Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. He was part owner of the <i>Minneota Mascot</i> newspaper and an associate editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. As the Republican candidate in the United States Senate elections, 1954, he lost to Hubert Humphrey, with whom he sometimes shared a car to travel the state. He died in Minneapolis. The University of Minnesota, his alma mater, and the University of Iceland have a student exchange scholarship named in his honor. Bjornson, Val (1969).
  Name	Valdimar Björnson  [1]
  Name	Validi or Val Björnson  [1]
  Occupation	Between 1951 and 1955	Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	State Treasurer of Minnesota
  Occupation	Between 1957 and 1975	Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	State Treasurer of Minnesota
  Death	10 Mar 1987	United States   [3]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Asmundur Hallgrímsson,   b. 1820, Iceland   (Great Grandfather)  Sigríður Pálsdóttir,   b. 12 Jul 1822, Iceland d. 21 Aug 1867, Iceland  (Age 45 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I434	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Gunnar Björn Björnson,   b. 17 Aug 1872, Mássel, near Sleðbrjótur, Jökulsár district, Nordur Mölasysla, Iceland d. 15 Sep 1957, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Ingibjörg Augustine Jónsdóttir,   b. 13 Aug 1878, Hóll, Dalasysla, Hörthudalur, Iceland d. 19 Aug 1949, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1903	Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota, USA   [1]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I4945] Ingibjörg Augustine JÓNSDÓTTIR Witness Role: Groom: [I418] Gunnar Björn BJÖRNSON
  		Afi & Amma Marriage Certificate Media Date: MAR 1903 Keywords: Picture
  		Afi & Amma Wedding Pix (1903) Keywords: Picture
  Family ID	F1014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Guðrun Jónsdottir,   b. 18 Oct 1915, Iceland d. 6 Mar 1998, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1945  [2]
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I4088] Guðrun JÓNSDOTTIR Witness Role: Groom: [I434] Kristjan Valdimar BJÖRNSON
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living   3. Jón Gunnar Björnson,   b. 16 Jun 1949   d. 27 Oct 2022, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (Age 73 years) > 4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F1015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Uncle Valdi in Navy uniform - Keywords: Picture
  		Uncle Valdi in his 20s - Sep 2 Keywords: Picture
  		Uncle Valdi Mug Keywords: Picture

  
  

  Documents

  My Parents A family history written by Valdimar Björnson

  
  

  Headstones

  Uncle Valdi Grave Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. (2025, July 29). Kristjan Valdimar Björnson. Hillbillies & Vikings. Retrieved from https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I434&tree=tree1