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Like other European ethnic groups, people left Sweden in search of better economic opportunities during the mid-1800s. In the year 1900, Chicago was the city with the second highest number of Swedes after Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. By then, Swedes in Chicago, most of whom settled in the Andersonville neighborhood, especially in the years following the Great Chicago Fire, had founded the ...
The consulate general in Chicago, with three staff members, closed, leaving only New York City and Los Angeles with Swedish consulates general in the United States. This move was a result of the SEK 100 million that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs needed to save during the 1993/94 budget year.
Chicago was effectively the Swedish-American capital, accommodating about 10% of all Swedish Americans—more than 100,000 people—making it the second-largest Swedish city in the world (only Stockholm had more Swedish inhabitants). [45]
The Swedish–American Historical Society was founded in 1949 to record "the achievements of the Swedish pioneers" in North America. It has published numerous books since then and also publishes a scholarly journal titled the Swedish–American Historical Quarterly , formerly the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly .
Many settled in the Midwest, and in the big city of Chicago there was a market for Swedish-language newspapers and books. [1] The first Svenske Amerikanaren was published in Chicago from 1866 to 1873 [2] and later changed its name to Nya Svenska Amerikanaren from 1873 to 1877. [3] The newspaper's first editor-in-chief was Colonel Hans Mattson ...
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The Swedish Club of Chicago is a historic building located in Chicago, Illinois. [1] During the late 19th century the Swedish Club was an important center for the Swedish American immigrant community in Chicago, in a neighborhood that was known then as Swede Town.