What is A. W. Norblad?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox Governor |name= Albin W. Norblad |caption= |order=19th |office= Governor of Oregon |term_start= December 22, 1929 |term_end= January 12, 1931 |lieutenant= <!--Oregon has no Lt. Gov. position--> |predecessor= [[I. L. Patterson]] |successor= [[Julius L. Meier]] |birth_date= March 18, 1881 |birth_place= [[Malmo]], [[Sweden]] |death_date= April 17, 1960 |death_place= [[Astoria, Oregon]] |spouse= Edna Lyle Norblad |profession= [[Lawyer]] |party= [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] |footnotes= }} {{dablink|This article is about Albin Walter Norblad Sr., the Oregon Governor. For the US Representative, see [[A. Walter Norblad]]}} '''Albin Walter Norblad, Sr.''', (March 18, 1881-April 17, 1960) was a prominent citizen of [[Astoria, Oregon]] and the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Governor of Oregon|Governor]] of [[Oregon]] from 1929 to 1931. He was the father of Representative [[A. Walter Norblad]] (Albin Walter Norblad, Jr.), Member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], from the 1st Congressional District of Oregon between 1946 and 1964. ==Family and early life== Norblad was born in [[Malmo]], [[Sweden]] in 1881 to parents Peter and Bessie Youngsberg. The family's last name was changed by the Swedish Government to avoid confusion in military records. The family emigrated to the United States while Albin was very young, settling in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. At age 12, Albin decided to support himself, mostly by means of odd jobs. He would later recount that the most notable jobs held during this time were newsboy, hot dog vendor, and clairinetist for the circuis. He managed to earn enough money to return to Grand Rapids, taking night classes at the Grand Rapids Business College. After earning enough credits there, Norblad was able enroll at the Chicago Law School, supporting himself as a reporter for the ''Chicago American'' newspaper's crime beat. Graduating in 1902, he quickly passed the bar exam and moved back to Michigan. =