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The Stockholm Archipelago is a joint valley landscape that has been shaped – and is still being shaped – by post-glacial rebound. [4] [5] It was not until the Viking Age that the archipelago began to assume its present-day contours. The islands rise by about three millimeters each year. In 1719 the archipelago had an estimated population of ...
At the time (until 1809) Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden, and some of the settlers of Sweden's colonies came from present-day Finland or were Finnish-speaking. [4] The Swedes and Finns brought their log house design to America, [1] where it became the typical log cabin of pioneers.
Swedish-Americans have deeply influenced America's coffee culture. Their fondness for quality coffee was introduced to the US alongside their migration. [2] While substitutes for coffee were common in Sweden due to its scarcity, the accessibility of genuine coffee beans in America transformed the coffee drinking habits of Swedish Americans.
Bothnian Bay archipelago [1] Haparanda archipelago [2] Kalix archipelago [3] Luleå archipelago [4] Piteå archipelago [5] Skellefteå archipelago [6] Froan; Kvarken Archipelago; Norrbotten Archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago; Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago ...
From Sweden to America. pp. 19– 75. American FactFinder, United States Census, 2000. Consulted 30 June 2007. Barton, H. Arnold (1994). A Folk Divided: Homeland Swedes and Swedish Americans, 1840–1940. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 9780809319435. Barton, H. Arnold (1996). Swedish America in Fifty Years ...
A Brief History of New Sweden in America Archived December 11, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, at The Swedish Colonial Society; The New Sweden Centre – museum, tours and reenactors; New Sweden at the FamilySearch Research Wiki; Johnson's detailed map of New Sweden; 350th Anniversary of the Landing of the Swedes and Finns in Delaware
The Swedes and the Swedish Settlements in North America 2 vols. (Lund, 1943) Nelson, Robert J. If We Could Only Come to America... A Story of Swedish Immigrants in the Midwest. (Sunflower U. Press, 2004) Norman, Hans, and Harald Runblom. Transatlantic Connections: Nordic Migration to the New World After 1800 (1988). Olson, Anita Ruth.
Map of Stockholm archipelago, with Utö in the southwest. The island of Rånö has a minimarket and a small restaurant with entertainment in the summer. There is also camping and cottage rental on Rånö. On the island of Ålö - connected to Utö via a bridge - there is a popular restaurant with entertainment during the summer. The Båtshaket ...