Walder Theodor Ager was a author and editor born in Fredrikstad, Norway.

He was educated in the common schools. He migrated to the U.S. in 1885 and settled in Chicago where he was employed as a printer's apprentice in Norwegian-American shops.

In 1892 he moved to Eau Claire and became employed as a printer for the Norwegian Weekly Reform and became its editor in 1903. He was active in the temperance movement and lectured widely on this subject as well as on Norwegian traditions and customs. He was the author of four novels, eight collections of short stories and essays, two short novels and a history of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry-- all written in Norwegian. Ager was a leading spokesman for and influential supporter of the Wisconsin Prohibition party. 

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