When Swedish-American liner Stockholm pushed gently into its berth, the hundreds of men and women on the pier stood at attention. Aboard, on the main deck, the Sangsallakapet De Svenske (national chorus of Sweden), otherwise known as the Singing Vikings, of whom there are 52 in all, sang out the Swedish national anthem.
They had come for a six-weeks' tour, under the patronage of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. Soon they gave their first Carnegie Hall concert, marching out on the stage with the traditional white caps of Swedish choral societies, preceded by...
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