Hugo Magnuson
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Hugo Magnuson was the founder of the regional Hugo's grocery store chain and a former mayor of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. He served as mayor from 1964 to 1972. He also served as a city council member for seventeen years.
Magnuson is best known for the chain of grocery stores which bear his name and dot eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. He opened his first grocery store in Grand Forks in 1939.
The city of Grand Forks declared May 2000 as "Hugo Magnuson Month" in honor of his 100th birthday. Magnuson died days before his 103 birthday in 2003.
| Preceded by Nelson Youngs |
Mayor of Grand Forks 1964–1972 |
Succeeded by C.P. O'Neill |
