Carl Harry Nordenson
October 30, 1905, Mustadfors, Sweden — January 06, 1968, Seldovia, Alaska
Buried in Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #233CARL HARRY NORDENSON, “Sleep Carl” was born October 30, 1905 in Mustadfors, Sweden. He arrived in the US aboard the SS Rotterdam on September 1, 1923.
Carl became a sailor and fisherman in the Bering Sea and at some point he met Carl Lindstedt and they worked together. Here they are on the ship Alice Cook.
They were both in Seldovia, living together with another salmon fisherman, Edward MacKenzie, in 1930. In 1939, both Carls took the Oath of Allegiance to become American citizens.
Carl was a fisherman living in Seldovia when he met Grace LLOYD Duffy, who had recently lost her first husband. They were married April 16, 1942 in Seldovia. Their children were Eric Lloyd Nordenson, born March 23, 1944, died March 30, 2009, Bruce Nordenson, and Ingrid Nordenson Bachman.
Carl died January 8, 1968 in Seldovia. He is buried in the Seldovia City Cemetery Plot #233.
Eric Lloyd Nordenson, born March 23, 1944, was married to Honeybee Wallin in 1994 at a moose camp during hunting season. He died in Anchorage, Alaska, March 30, 2009.
Bruce Nordenson, born December 3, 1945, died in Seldovia, February 2, 2021.