Friðrik Sveinsson Photo: Heimskringla
Friðrik Sveinsson was born on November 4, 1864 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in Winnipeg on May 25, 1942. He took the name Fred Swanson in Canada.
Spouse: 1892 Sigríður Laxdal Jónsdóttir b. in Eyjafjarðarsýsla 1857.
Children: 1. Auróra 2. Ólafía b. March 18, 1893 3. Rannveig b. August 29, 1895, d. October 19, 1916 4. Elín b. August 21, 1897, d. in Toronto 1962 5. Nanna b. December 14, 1900, d. in Winnipeg, 1959. Friðrik had a daughter with Sigurbjörg Sigfúsdóttur in his first marriage: 1. Freyja b. February 9, 1890, d. 1939.
Friðrik came west to Canada in 1873 with his foster parents, Ólafur Ólafsson from Espihóli and Ólöf Jónsdóttir. He moved south with them to Wisconsin and lived in Milwaukee until 1875. They moved from there in 1879 to the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota. Friðrik was there with them for a few years but then moved to Winnipeg and lived there the rest of his life. Sigríður was the daughter of Jón Grímsson Laxdal in Eyjafjörður.