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Karl Ivar Sven Berglund

Third Class Passenger

Mr Karl Ivar Sven Berglund, 22, was born on January 24, 1890 the son of bricklayer Karl August Berglund and Emma Rydberg. Karl Ivar was single and worked as a casual labourer in Tranvik, Sund, Åland Islands, Finland.

Karl Ivar Berglund had been persuaded to USA by Alfred Rindell, a building worker who had visited him back in 1911. Rindell told he could get work in USA and later sent cash for a ticket.

Ivar travelled to Stockholm, Sweden where he bought a ticket for an American line ship. In Southampton he realized he could go on the Titanic instead. From Southampton he sent a card to his parents with the ships picture on it. The card and news of the disaster arrived at the same time but only after some weeks did definitive word of their son's fate arrive.

Karl Ivar Sven Berglund's body was never found, his family subsequently received £75 in compensation.

Bibliography

Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988) Titanic, Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN 91 518 3644 0

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  1. Lawliet

    Lawliet

    This may be the ticket Jack Dawson held!
  2. K.

    K.

    Related to me, and so young.  He had family waiting for him.
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Titanic Passenger Summary

Name: Mr Karl Ivar Sven Berglund
Age: 22 years 2 months and 22 days (Male)
Nationality: Finnish
Marital Status: Single
Last Residence: in Tranvik, Finland
Occupation: General Labourer
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 4348, £9 7s
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body Not Identified

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