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Between 1821 and 1920, the U.S. witnessed a significant wave of Scandinavian immigration. Within this period, Sweden was the dominant contributor. While its population stood at 5,847,637 in 1920, Sweden accounted for a staggering 1,144,607 immigrants, making up 53.5% of the total Scandinavian immigrants to the US during this era.
Most Danes who came to the United States after 1865 did so for economic reasons. The Danish population in Europe had grown significantly by 1865 due to advancements in medicine and food industries, leading to higher poverty rates and an increase in Danish migration to other countries.
Pan-American countries by population, 2020. This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
The Old Country and the New: Essays on Swedes and America (2007) ISBN 978-0-8093-2714-0; Benson, Adolph B. and Naboth Hedin, eds. Swedes in America, 1638–1938 (Yale University Press. 1938) ISBN 978-0-8383-0326-9; Biltekin, Nevra. "Migrating women and transnational relations: Swedish-American connections since the 1920s."
There is such a thing as a passport power ranking. And, spoiler alert, a U.S. passport isn’t at the top. Citizens in six countries are now considered to have the world’s most powerful ...
Rank Reported ancestory Income (US$) 1 Indian: $157,005 2 Australian $116,649 3 South African $107,595 4 Iranian $104,993 5 Latvian $104,240 6 Serbian $101,546 7 Austrian $101,561 8 European $100,615 8 Russian $100,458 10 Lebanese: $100,406 11 Romanian $99,485 12 Basque $98,879 13 Greek $97,457 14 Swiss $96,472 15 Lithuanian $96,471 16 Croatian
Good morning. As my colleague Lee Clifford notes in our inaugural ranking of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business, power is nuanced: hard-won and easily lost, it’s never static.Elon Musk has ...
Norsemen had explored the eastern coast of North America as early as the 11th century, though they created no lasting settlements. Later, a Swedish colony briefly existed on the Delaware River during the 17th century. The vast majority of Americans of Nordic or Scandinavian ancestry, however, are descended from immigrants of the 19th century.