 Swenson was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut.For nearly two years, Karl Swenson adopted the name "Peter Wayne" for use as a professional actor.Though he had used his own name when playing the part of Thompson in the Laboratory Theatre’s 1930 production of "A Glass of Water", he had thereafter assumed the stage name "Peter Wayne" by the time he played Andre Verron in the Theatre Guild’s production of "The Miracle at Verdun", which opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in March 1931.