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Hjalmar Peterson
Hjalmar Peterson was a singer and comedian from Sweden, who achieved great popularity during the 1910s and 1920s. His stage name was Olle i Skratthult (Olle from Laughtersville).
==Swedish-American entertainer==
Hjalmar Peterson was born in Munkfors, Värmland on February 7, 1886. After coming to the United States in 1906 and living in Willmar, Minnesota for several years, he eventually settled in Minneapolis.〔(''Swedes in the Twin Cities'' edited by Philip K. Anderson and Dag Blanck, (St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001) pp. 149-172. )〕 At first Peterson worked as a bricklayer in the new country, but before long he embarked on a career as a professional entertainer. In 1909 he returned to Sweden as a member of the Swedish-American Quartet, and during its two-year tour he gathered the songs, stories and jokes he would later use as a solo performer.
Back in America Peterson adopted the persona of Olle i Skratthult and began performing on the Scandinavian-language vaudeville circuit. Olle was a ''bondkomiker'' (peasant comic), and he dressed the part with a blacked-out tooth and straw-colored wig. By 1916 he had a touring group, and the following year he married the company’s leading lady, Olga Lindgren.〔''Ethnic theatre in the United States'' edited by Maxine Schwartz Seller, (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983) pp. 491-524.〕
Olle i Skratthult was a full-time entertainer for most of his adult life and for many years was the most famous performer in Scandinavian vaudeville. During the 1920s he toured the country with a large band and was enthusiastically greeted by both ethnic and mainstream audiences. His touring company also had several actors. An evening’s entertainment often began with a short play and ended with a public dance. Olle was generally not in the featured work but appeared between acts in olios, during which he told far-fetched stories 〔(Three stories ) ''archive.org''. Retrieved: January 25, 2015.〕 and sang diverting songs. A full-length theatrical evening was rare unless it was F. A. Dahlgren's musical drama ''Värmlänningarna'' (The people of Värmland).〔''A Passion for Polka: old-time ethnic music in America'' by Victor R. Greene, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992) pp. 94-97.〕
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