The year 1844 also brought Chicago another permanent resident from Voss, who later became prominently associated with the commercial and political life of the city. This was Iver Larson Bö, born 1821, in Voss, Norway, who came to Chicago that year and not as generally found stated in or about 1840,[235] locating on the north side. Iver dropped the surname Bö, and changed Larson to Lawson, so that his name became Iver Lawson. He was one of the organizers of the First Lutheran church in 1848, located at that time on Superior Street between Wells Street and La Salle Avenue.[236] Lawson took a prominent part in the political life of early Chicago, e.g., as member of the city council, and otherwise. In 1869 he was a member of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature. As legislator his name is most closely associated with the establishment of Chicago's excellent system of parks; the creation of Lincoln Park in particular was due in great measure to Lawson's efforts.[237] Iver Lawson's name is also associated with that of John Anderson in the founding of _Skandinaven_, now the largest and most widely circulated Norwegian newspaper in this country.[238] [235] So Strand, and after him Roland, p. 101. [236] Strand, page 217. [237] Brought out by Strand's investigation. [238] V. F. Lawson was also the owner of _The Chicago Record_ before the _Record_ and the _Herald_ were combined about year 1898. The year 1845 brought a number of accessions to the Norwegian colony of Chicago. Among them Kittil Nirison, from Bö Parish in Telemarken, one of the few from Telemarken who settled in Chicago in the early days, Knud K. Harrisville and wife Maren Karine (née Larson), Christian Lee, from Gausdal, and Andrew Anderson, wife, Laura, and family from Voss. This family included a son John, born March, 1836, who is the well known founder and owner of _Skandinaven_ and president of the John A. Anderson Publishing Company.[239]