The Poems of Anton B. SANDER (Part 1)

Along with the original handwritten manuscripts of Anton SANDER's poems there was also a typed document containing several, but not all, of the poems. A handwritten note on the cover page indicates that it may have been typed by Anton's sister, Ellen Marie (SANDER) Bakke. If she is the typist, then this document had to have originated before 1936, the year of her death.


Anton SANDER. Poems (Cover page). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

None of the manuscripts of the poems are dated. Since Anton died in 1881, if the poems were actually written by him, they obviously must have been written prior to that date. They will be presented in the order that they appear in the typed document with the remainder simply in the order they were scanned. Further none of them have been translated into English, a job certainly better suited to someone other than me.

The first poem begins with the line, "For himmeriges land maa man kjæmpe." Using Google Translate this roughly means, "For the kingdom of country one must contend." The images of the manuscript are below followed by the images of the typed version.

 
 
Anton B. SANDER, "For himmeriges land," manuscript (Bef. 1881). Images courtesy of Verla Williams. 

Notice there is an envelope taped onto the third page of the typed document with some biographical information about Anton SANDER. I have also included an additional page so the reader could see the reverse of the envelope.

 
 
Anton B. SANDER. "For himmeriges land," typed version. Images courtesy of Verla Williams.