Early Years, Education and Family
Born in New York City, the son of Swedish immigrants from Göteborg (father) and Visby (mother), Carlson attended The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1957. He later attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Carlson was married to Barbara Carlson from 1965 to 1977. After their divorce she became known in her own right as a Minneapolis City Council member and a talk show personality. Together, they had a son, Tucker (no relation to the MSNBC personality), and two daughters, Kristin (deceased) and Anne, who has two children, Allie and Drew Davis. Carlson's second wife was Joanne Chabot. They had no children. After their divorce, he married Susan Shepard, with whom he has a daughter, Jessica. Susan served as First Lady of Minnesota from 1991 to 1999.
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