Albert N. Carlblom (December 17, 1865 – June 15, 1920) was a North Dakota (United States) public servant and politician with the Republican Party who served as the North Dakota State Auditor from 1899 to 1902.North Dakota Blue Book, 2005
Biography Albert Carlblom was born in Cokato, Minnesota on December 17, 1865. He was the son of John G. and Elizabeth Anderson Carlblom, both natives of Sweden.
He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1886.Compendium and History of North Dakota. 1900. Page 179. Print. He moved to North Dakota in 1891. Following several years of teaching and terms of public office in Sargent County, North Dakota, he married Josephine Peterson in 1898. Lounsberry, Clement Augustus North Dakota History and People: Outlines of American History Vol. 2. (S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917)
A year later he became North Dakota State Auditor. After serving two terms as State Auditor, he did not seek re-election to the office in 1902. Instead he chose to return to the prairie and operate the first building constructed in Gwinner, North Dakota.Howell, Edna. "I remember Mama." May 1987. Print. He also joined others in the organizing of the Gwinner State Bank and served as its president.
On June 15, 1920, he died at a hospital in Breckenridge from injuries incurred from a cyclone. He had three children: Vera Lenore Carlblom, Edna Carlblom Howell, and Albert Carlblom. See also List of North Dakota state auditors
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External links Correspondence and Other Papers of Albert N. Carlblom are available for research use at the Gustavus Adolphus College and Lutheran Church Archives.