Introduction

Biography

Leland was the son of min­is­ter Law­rence Bay­ard Sa­ter­en, and hus­band of Ger­trude Onet­ta Swen­um­son.

He was edu­cat­ed at Augs­burg Col­lege, Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta (BA 1935) and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­ne­so­ta (MA 1943).

After col­lege, he taught school in Moose Lake, Min­ne­so­ta, for three years.

He later was mu­sic di­rect­or for the Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­ne­so­ta’s ra­dio sta­tion, KUOM, a pro­fess­or of mu­sic, and di­rect­ed the Augs­burg Col­lege choir.

In 1971, the king of Nor­way be­stowed on him the St. Ol­af me­dal for po­pu­lar­iz­ing Nor­weg­ian mu­sic.