Hypothetical: If you were aboard the Titanic.

[Steron]

Roll 'em

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Steron

Roll 'em

Swedes have a strong survival instinct.

You were a Swedish immigrant in North Dakota, and one of your jobs was to recruit other immigrants to the area to work. This is what you were doing on the Titanic, as you led a group of 17 Swedes to the promised land of the northern plains.

In the scramble aboard the ship, you threw yourself into a lifeboat as it was being lowered. You later reported a fear that you would be shot, but you were dead anyway if you didn't try. It's believed that it was Lifeboat 15, which was the most crowded lifeboat that was almost swamped by having 65 people on it. It was the last lifeboat found, so you likely had a long night. But hey, you survived.

At least some of your group survived because they were Swedes, but I'm not sure how many.

You went back to the Dakotas and became an unlicensed chiropractor, moving frequently to keep from getting arrested for practicing without a license. You eventually found a home in South Dakota and stayed there (presumably still practicing without a license).

Name Hedman, Mr. Oskar Arvid
Outcome Survived, Lifeboat 15
Gender Male
Age 27
Home St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Embarkation Southampton
Destination St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Passenger Class 3rd Class
Crew Department Unknown
Crew Job Unknown

[Steron]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Swedes have a strong survival instinct.

You were a Swedish immigrant in North Dakota, and one of your jobs was to recruit other immigrants to the area to work. This is what you were doing on the Titanic, as you led a group of 17 Swedes to the promised land of the northern plains.

In the scramble aboard the ship, you threw yourself into a lifeboat as it was being lowered. You later reported a fear that you would be shot, but you were dead anyway if you didn't try. It's believed that it was Lifeboat 15, which was the most crowded lifeboat that was almost swamped by having 65 people on it. It was the last lifeboat found, so you likely had a long night. But hey, you survived.

At least some of your group survived because they were Swedes, but I'm not sure how many.

You went back to the Dakotas and became an unlicensed chiropractor, moving frequently to keep from getting arrested for practicing without a license. You eventually found a home in South Dakota and stayed there (presumably still practicing without a license).

Name Hedman, Mr. Oskar Arvid
Outcome Survived, Lifeboat 15
Gender Male
Age 27
Home St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Embarkation Southampton
Destination St. Paul, Minnesota, US
Passenger Class 3rd Class
Crew Department Unknown
Crew Job Unknown

YES! I finally lived in one of these.

Apparently doing non-licensed medical procedures is easy in South Dakota. I was able to practice there for 40 years.

Sometime during his residence in North Dakota Oscar began to train as an osteopath or chiropractor. It is unclear whether he ever completed his training but he practiced for many years, albeit in an unlicensed capacity, and was known to locals as "Doc." However, because he never officially registered he and his wife sometimes had to move from town to town to avoid a citation for practicing without a license. In 1925 (another source says 1920), they settled in Onida, South Dakota, where Oscar practiced for almost 40 years.