by the Singer Corporation. Personal Friden married Hildur Victoria Svenson in 1914 in Stockholm, Sweden. They had two children, Stanley Mauritz Victor Friden (1917) and Barbro Friden. Carl married his second wife Emita Alatorre in 1940 and had two children: Eric Donald Friden (1941) and Linda Marlice Friden (1943). They lived together in Pleasanton, California at their ranch Calmita Acres where they entertained celebrities including Jack London, Ernest Lawrence, Robert Oppenheimer as well as various Scandinavian dignitaries. Carl Friden was the first president of the Swedish Club of San Francisco and was instrumental in founding the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley. The Order of Vasa was conferred upon Carl Friden by King Gustaf V of Sweden in April 1945 in recognition of his distinguished achievements. He has been described as one of the Bay Area's most prominent Swedish-Americans and is discussed in Muriel Beroza's book Golden Gate Swedes. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Lutheran, and a Republican. Carl Friden died of cancer in 1945 and was buried at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California. References Related reading Beroza, Muriel Nelson (2000) Golden Gate Swedes: The Bay Area and Sveadal (Range of Light Works) External links Friden tribute website. Retrieved March 4, 2006 1891 births 1945 deaths People from Alvesta Municipality KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni American manufacturing businesspeople Swedish emigrants to the United States American Lutherans People from San Leandro, California 20th-century American inventors Deaths from cancer in California 20th-century Lutherans