Bergman, Hans.  "History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief
history of Tacoma and early settlement."  Tacoma, WA, 1926. pp. 101.

Hans Bergman 

Was born in Tannas, Harjedalen, Sweden, November 25, 1868. His parents were Olof
Bergman and Brita Ingrbrikts. The former held, during his lifetime, many offices
and positions of trust in the community where he lived. The subject of this
sketch joined the Good Templars at an early age, and until leaving Sweden took
an active part in temperance work. He emigrated to America in April, 1893,
arriving at his destination in Goodhue county, Minnesota, in the middle of May.
For three summers he worked on farms, but devoting part of the winters to study,
and for some time attending the Swedish-American institution of learning, Hope
Academy, in Moorhead, Minn., or until that institution was forced to close its
doors owing to the panic and financial depression prevailing throughout the
whole country in the 90ís. Moving across the Red River to Fargo N.D., he was
engaged in business there for some time. In February, 1898, he went to Montana,
living in Bonner and Butte for the next years. In June, 1907, he came to
Spokane, Wash., and there began the publishing of Svenska Nordvastern, with
which he continued until June, 1912, when he went to Sweden to visit his old
birthplace. Returning to America again in spring of 1913 he, in the fall of that
year, took up newspaper work again, carrying on such work until 1920. In the
summer of that year he served his connection with the Svenska Nordvastern and
with his family moved to Victoria, B.C., to become secretary to the Swedish
Consulate there, in which capacity he served until that consulate office as
abolished in the spring of 1924. While in Victoria he published a book about
British Columbia and its Swedish pioneers. At present he is, with his family,
living in Tacoma and had devoted  some months to the editing and publishing of
this volume. He was married in Spokane October 6, 1914, to Selma Neslund, born
in Hoffman, Minnesota, April 6, 1885. They have five children: Madeline,
Alexander, Victor Archie, Albert Vincent, and Irene Victoria. They are members
of the Swedish Mission denomination.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in September 2005 by Teressa Lenkey.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.