12 Facts About Sigurd Anderson

Sigurd Anderson was the 19th Governor of South Dakota.

Sigurd Anderson was born at Frolands Verk, a rural community near Arendal, in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway and came to the United States at age three with his family to settle in Lincoln County, South Dakota.

Sigurd Anderson became a United States citizen at age eight, when his father became a naturalized citizen.

Sigurd Anderson graduated from the Canton Lutheran Normal, in Canton, South Dakota, and enrolled at South Dakota State College.

Sigurd Anderson twice served as Day County state's attorney and as an assistant attorney general in the state capital, Pierre.

Erickson of Vermillion; Sigurd Anderson received 72,220 votes to 68,695 votes for Erickson.

In 1948, Sigurd Anderson was re-nominated without opposition at the Republican convention in Pierre.

In 1964, Sigurd Anderson announced his candidacy for governor, but lost the GOP gubernatorial primary to Nils Boe, who won the general election.

Boe appointed Sigurd Anderson to fill a vacancy as a circuit judge, from which position Sigurd Anderson retired in 1975.

Sigurd Anderson died on December 21,1990, and was interred in Webster Cemetery, Webster, South Dakota.

Sigurd Anderson received dozens of professional and political honors and was a member of numerous organizations.

Sigurd Anderson was a member of the Lutheran Church, Masonic Lodge and affiliated bodies, Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, Delta Theta Phi fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Veterans of Foreign Wars and many others.