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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]
SwedishAmericana is a Swedish American educational resource which by its very contents should challenge and encourage Swedish Americans to continue their endeavors to restore, preserve and promote their Swedish American histories and cultures found in their small communities and cities, thus providing a greater and clearer picture of the ...
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.
Articles published presented the United States as inhospitable and discouraged emigration. These "Swedish-America" areas arose in places such as Lindsborg, Kansas; Bishop Hills, Illinois; and Chisago Lake, Minnesota. These communities generated many written records of value to the genealogist.
The Swedish–American Historical Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1948, with the mission of recording and interpreting the Swedish presence in America. The society is devoted to the mission of studying the Swedish emigration, its history and culture of the Swedes in North America through research, publications, programs and archives.
We Are America explores Swedish immigration to Chicago. There are environmental displays such as the deck of a steamship, a 19th century Swedish stuga, an early 20th century Swedish-American woodshop, and a mid-century Swedish-American kitchen. Through a range of artifacts, images, and interactives, visitors will learn about the lives Swedish ...
The Swenson Center is a national and international research center for the study of Swedish-American history and relations. We collect, preserve and make available archival and library materials, promote and initiate research, and are a leader in Swedish-American genealogy.
Swedish migration to the United States peaked in the decades after the American Civil War (1861–1865). By 1890 the U.S. census reported a Swedish-American population of nearly 800,000. These rising emigration rates caused great concern in Sweden.
Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885–1915.
Over 1.3 million Swedes immigrated to the United States between 1840 and 1930. Learn about the "push/pull" factors of Swedish immigration and Swedish-American communities and identity.