Template:Did you know nominations/Swen Swenson (politician)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 19:10, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

Swen Swenson (politician)

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... that Swen Swenson was born in Norway but pioneered a drainage system for Nicollet County while living in New Sweden?

Source: "Swen Swenson emigrated from Hallingdal. Norway, in 1857, together with his parents. four brothers and a sister. [...] Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916)." Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.

ALT1: ... that Swen Swenson was considered a pioneer in advocating for a drainage system in Nicollet County? Source: "Mr. Swenson took a leading part in all matters pertaining to the development and the welfare of the community; in agriculture, drainage. road building. stock breeding" Gresham, William G., ed. (1916). History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota (2 ed.). Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. pp. 470–472. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
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Created by Roc0ast3r (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 08:00, 19 January 2025 (UTC).

Article is new enough, no QPQ needed, no copyvio concerns, no neutrality / sourcing / other concerns (my only minor concern is the amount of redlinks, but it's not enough to stop the DYK). The hook is verified. However, I don't think it's interesting. How about...
...that Swen Swenson was born in Norway but pioneered a drainage system for Nicollet County while living in New Sweden?
The link between born in Norway and settling in New Sweden, in conjunction with his apparent most notable work, likely satisfies WP:DYKINT. Departure– (talk) 16:45, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

@Departure–: Thanks for the interesting expansion to the hook. I've added it as the lead hook for this nomination with a quote to the source, and made the text of the last link to the original page name New Sweden, Minnesota. Just leaving it as New Sweden might be misleading to some people (Sweden). Since this is my first DYK nom, I'm not that sure of the norms, so please correct me: Is there any particular reason to not link to Norway?

@Bunnypranav: Norway shouldn't be linked because ITN doesn't require well-known terms and locations to be linked. In addition, the modern country of Norway didn't exist, and at the time of Swenson's birth it was in a union with Sweden. The Minnesota disambiguator after New Sweden probably isn't needed, as just New Sweden alone would bring up the hook's interest, while simultaneously not being misleading (New Sweden is in Nicollet County). New Sweden was an obscure failed colonial project, and New Sweden is a still-existing populated place in Minnesota, so there isn't too much chance of misleading readers.

Much less do I think that New Sweden (the colonial project) would be able to establish a system of governance like the USA's county system. Departure– (talk) 14:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Departure–: Noted, and I have removed the disambiguator. Thanks for clarifying!

Now that the hook's dealt with, I think we're good to go on this nomination. Departure– (talk) 14:38, 29 January 2025 (UTC)