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Swedish Americans (Swedish: Svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedish descent. The history of Swedish Americans dates back to the early colonial times, [ 3 ] with notable migration waves occurring in the 19th and early 20th centuries and approximately 1.2 million arriving between 1865–1915. [ 4 ]
The following is a list of notable Swedish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Swedish American or must have references showing they are Swedish American and are notable.
In parallel, under the pressure of the public debate, the old shallow private girl schools were gradually replaced by a new type of private secondary education schools for females, with the task to provide them with education useful for a professional life: in 1842, there were only five such schools in Sweden, but a rapid expansion from that ...
“The Swedish film industry [which has around $50.5 million a year … Thomas Vinterberg, Goteborg’s Artistic Director Pia Lundberg Address Controversial Remarks of Swedish Minister of Culture ...
Sámi Americans were generally given the same privileges as other white Americans, although within Nordic migrant communities they were recognized and discriminated against. In order to avoid discrimination and conform to Anglo-American cultural norms, very few first-generation immigrants were open about their ethnicity. [ 2 ]
An international production featuring both Swedish and American talent, themes, and dialogue, it is the first English-language production by TV4. The series also aired in the United States on NBC . On July 28, 2015, four episodes into season two, NBC cancelled the series due to what Poehler described as "craptastically" low ratings, with NBC ...
Those distinctive printed bags are especially important for maintaining one of the textures a lot of newly-devoted Americans are most enamored with: an airy, foam-like marshmallow/taffy hybrid.
The size of the Swedish-American community in 1865 is estimated at 25,000 people, a figure soon to be surpassed by the yearly Swedish immigration. By 1890, the U.S. census reported a Swedish-American population of nearly 800,000, with immigration peaking in 1869 and again in 1887. [43] Most of this influx settled in the North.