Entity | Paul Knaplund

Paul A. Knaplund (February 5, 1885, island of Saltstrung in Saltstraumen, near Bodø, Norway – April 8, 1964, Madison, Wisconsin) was a Norwegian-American professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He specialized in the history of the British Empire. Raised on the farm Knaplundsjyen on the island of Saltstrung, he grew up as the youngest in a family with 10 children. His parents were Martinus Johnsen Knaplund (1832–1919) and Kristina née Andreasdatter (1839–1919).