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The Swedish American press was the second largest foreign-language press in the United States (after German language imprints) in 1910. By 1910 about 1200 Swedish periodicals had been started in several states. [22] Valkyrian, a magazine based in New York City, helped fashion a distinct Swedish American culture between 1897 and 1909.
"Germania" was the common term for German American neighborhoods and their organizations. [139] Deutschtum was the term for transplanted German nationalism, both culturally and politically. Between 1875 and 1915, the German American population in the United States doubled, and many of its members insisted on maintaining their culture.
Swedish colonists likely introduced the construction of log cabins to North America, although some historians argue they were of later German or Swiss origin. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Additionally, it has been proposed that Finnish colonists had a lasting impact on the region's use of forested areas. [ 9 ]
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.
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.
Between 1846 and 1930, roughly 1.3 million people, about 20% of the Swedish population, left the country. [4] [5] In the United States members of the diaspora had access to Swedish films starting in 1922 with The Treasure of Arne which was shown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In Sweden, the reorientation from German to Anglo-American culture had begun after the First World War. But still the upper classes of Sweden derived their culture and inspiration from the German universities, conservatories and art centers. In the interwar period the Swedish import of German literature had an important role. [8]
Because both Yiddish and the Pennsylvania Dutch language are High German languages, there are strong similarities between the two languages and a limited degree of mutual intelligibility. [78] Historically, Pennsylvania Dutch Christians and Pennsylvania Dutch Jews often had overlapping bonds in German-American business and community life.