Erick Alfred Berglund, born July 23, 1859, at Sundsvell, Sweden, married in Sweden, Sara Olivia Hegquist, who was born at Stanvas, Sweden on April 20, 1867. Mr. Berglund served in the Swedish Navy. The Berglunds came to Nordmore Township in 1894. They acquired land in Section 26 in Nordmore Township through the Homestead Act.
The couple were the parents of ten children: Theodore, Henrietta, Magne, Jennie, Fritz, David, Gustav and three who died in infancy.
Mr. Berglund died in April 1939. Mrs. Berglund died in March 1952. They are buried in Kvernes Cemetery in Nordmore Township.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 89B