Editing Askov, Minnesota (section)

==History==
The village was originally within the lands of the village of [[Partridge Township, Pine County, Minnesota|Partridge]], at a stop far outside the original village along [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]]; here a post office was set up, called Partridge from 1889 to 1909, before changing its name to Askov in 1909. Most of the original village of Partridge was destroyed in the [[Great Hinckley Fire|1894 Hinckley fire]]. The immigrants to the Danish "colony" of Askov were nationalistic [[Lutheran]] followers of the theologian and cultural leader [[N. F. S. Grundtvig]]. Danish immigrants had previously been mostly [[economic migrant]]s fleeing poverty, but the first migrants to Askov were almost all Grundvigian Danes from elsewhere in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danishmuseum.org/explore/danish-american-culture/immigration|title=Danish Immigration - Danish Museum}}</ref><ref name=DImmigrants>{{cite journal |last1=Christensen |first1=Thomas P. |title=Danish Settlement in Minnesota |journal=Minnesota History |date=December 1927 |volume=8 |issue=4 |url=http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/8/v08i04p363-385.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072358/http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/8/v08i04p363-385.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Dansk Folkesamfund'' (Danish Peoples Society) was founded in 1887 by [[Svend Grundtvig|Svend Hersleb Grundtvig]], N. F. S. Grundtvig's son, to conserve Danish social heritage and promote immigration to the U.S. The ''Dansk Folkesamfund'', with help from the railroad company, bought 45 parcels of land around the train station and post office in 1906 and by 1909 had sold them exclusively to Danish settlers, some 25 families.<ref name=lakesnwoods>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Askov.htm|title=Guide to Askov Minnesota}}</ref><ref name=DImmigrants/> The name "Askov" was chosen to commemorate the village of [[:da:Askov|Askov]], Denmark, the site of one of the largest [[folk high schools]] (''Askov Højskole'') founded by N. F. S. Grundtvig.<ref name=rutabaga>{{Cite web|url=http://www.askovrutabagafestival.com/index.html|title = Askov Rutabaga Festival & Fair: A Community Event -}}</ref> The name Askov is derived from "ash forest" (''ask skov'') in Danish. By 1916, almost 1,000 settlers of Danish descent lived here, although 1920 U.S. census data records only 242 inhabitants in Askov; most people lived in [[Partridge Township, Pine County, Minnesota|Partridge]]. This was Minnesota's largest concentration of Danish settlers.<ref name=DImmigrants/> The new village was incorporated on April 25, 1918, and officially separated from the [[Partridge Township, Pine County, Minnesota|township]] as the City of Askov on April 8, 1921. Initially the main economic activity was dairy (the first cooperative creamery being built in 1910) supplemented by mixed [[intensive farming]].<ref name=DImmigrants/> Nearly all the streets in Askov have Danish names.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://askovrutabagafestival.com/blog-and-news/the-signsthey-are-a-changing-new-signs-in-askov|title = The Signs...they are a changing! NEW signs in Askov}}</ref>

Askov's population now has the following ancestries: German (20.8%), Irish (12.0%), Norwegian (7.3%), Danish (6.3%), Scandinavian (5.2%), American (4.7%).

The fashion brand [[Askov Finlayson]] was named after this city and neighboring [[Finlayson, Minnesota]], which share a freeway exit on [[I-35]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mr-mag.com/askov-finlayson-the-trifecta/|title=Askov Finlayson: The trifecta|date=14 February 2013}}</ref>