Signe Lund

[1] Signe Lund was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway.

She married Jørgen Skabo and later French architect George Robards.

She became active in the North Dakota Socialist party and Nonpartisan League and circulated petitions for the release of anti-war activist Kate Richards O'Hare from state prison in Missouri, which led to her dismissal from the Mayville teaching position.

Lund received the King's Medal of Merit for contributions to strengthening of the relationship between the United States and Norway, but lost[how?]

[3] In 2024, The Hollywood Reporter ran an article discussing the similarities of Harold Arlen's Over the Rainbow[4] to Lund's Concert Etude Opus 38.