Niels W. Aasen papers, circa 1924

Niels W. Aasen papers, circa 1924

P0004

circa 1924

Includes a clipping and a pamphlet concerning the Aasen Corporation of America, Stoughton, Wisconsin, and its Norwegian founder. Aasen invented several military devices including the hand grenade, deep water bomb, modern trench mortar, and the air bomb. Aasen lived in the United States for less than two years. Obituary titled "The Edison of Norway dies here". One of his more than 250 inventions included the "automatic soldier," a network of mines and hand grenades controlled by radio or wires. He also invented a sleeping mask to aid those suffering from insomnia, and an outdoor fire-proof cooking apparatus.

Niels Aasen was born at Rissa, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway in 1878. Aasen lived in the United States less than two years before his death of tuberculosis. 

1 folder

English

Norwegian

Rights undetermined.

This collection is open for research.

[Indicate the cited item here]. Niels W. Aasen Papers. Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.