The Danish poet, Holger Drachmann, arrived in New York on October 14, on the "Thingvalla". An official committee met him; on this committee were George Kirkegaard and Fritz Schumann of Den Skandinaviske Forening af 1844 (The Scandinavian Society of 1844). Present also were Miss Gerda Drachmann of Boston, the poet's daughter, and Carl Antonsen of Chicago.

Holger Drachmann brought with him a young Danish poet, Sten Drewsen, and the young Norwegian singer, Miss Bokken-Larsen.