# Nels Erdstrom — Main Street character guide

> Nels Erdstrom in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nelson, Nels

**First appearance:** 0050-v

## Who they are

A Swedish farmhand and handyman.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/ii)

A young Swedish farmer whose family is depicted in a photograph Kennicott shows Carol; his wife was operated on by Kennicott on a kitchen table.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/main_street_se/chapters/viii)

A farmer with jaundice, visited by Kennicott; his family's new house contrasts with the earlier log cabin.

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