Nils Granlund

Who was Nils Granlund?

Nils T. Granlund was an American Broadway show producer, radio industry pioneer, a publicist for Marcus Loew who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Although his name was

actually Nils Theodore Granlund, he later used Thor as a middle name, and after appearing on early radio was commonly referenced only by his initials, N.T.G., on the air and in print. His father was Teodor Granlund, b. 1857 in Fridlevstad in the province of Blekinge and his mother Amanda née Bylund 1858 in Tingsås, province of Småland.