Are you sure it isn't Mrs. Holmquist? That makes more sense to my Swedish eyes. :)
I don't live in the US, but the surname of some of my teachers through my school years:
Tonström
Kindmark
Hellström
Aparicio
Dohns
Koroly
Norrthon
Ekenryd
Lind
Haack
Astrup
Darvishpour
Niia
Björkman
Anbäcken
Monsters are real, and ghost are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win
- Stephen King
PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/45898
Top rated: Isolde and Henry
Bottom: Story and Amandus