Karl Emil Nygard
Karl Emil Nygard | |
|---|---|
Nygard in 1933 | |
| Mayor of Crosby, Minnesota | |
| In office January 3, 1933 – January 2, 1934 | |
| Preceded by | F. H. Kraus |
| Succeeded by | N. Waldimiross |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1906 Iron Belt, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | April 26, 1984 (aged 77) Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Party | Communist |
| Spouse |
Helen Koski (m. 1936) |
| Children | 6 |
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Karl Emil Nygard (also known as Emil C. Nygard and by the pen name Ada M. Oredigger; August 25, 1906 – April 26, 1984) was an American politician who became the first Communist mayor in the United States when he was elected president of the village council of Crosby, Minnesota, in 1932.