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Charles G. Widdén
Charles G. Widdén was a Swedish-born singer and comedian in the first quarter of the 20th century. He was based in New York City and performed primarily on the East Coast.〔''Svensk-amerikanska bondkomiker Olle i Skratthult och Charlie “fun” Widdén'' by Ulf Beijbom, (The Swedish Emigrant Institute of Växjö, Sweden, 1973).〕
==Swedish-American entertainer==
As a young child Charles G. Widdén came with his family to Worcester, Massachusetts. He is said to have been from the Swedish province of Närke. During the 1910s he became a very successful ''bondkomiker'' (rustic comic).
''Bondkomik'' (rustic humor) was a popular form of entertainment in turn-of-the-century Sweden. It also had a large following among Swedish-Americans. The rustic comic, often clad as a country bumpkin, assumed an alias to go along with his outlandish appearance. Widdén, for instance, sometimes went by the name of Olle ve kvarna (Olle at the mill). Hjalmar Peterson was another ''bondkomiker'' from Sweden, who was active at the same time and had a similar repertoire. Peterson was better known by his stage name of Olle i Skratthult (Olle from Laughtersville).
Eventually Widdén moved to Brooklyn's large Swedish-Norwegian colony and became quite well known within the IOGT (International Order of Good Templars). Proximity to record companies in New York turned him into one of Swedish-America's leading recording artists. There is only one photograph of the man, and little is known about his personal life.〔
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