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  2. Swedes in Chicago - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Swedish emigration to the United States - Wikipedia

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    Swedish Chicago: The Shaping of an Immigrant Community, 1880-1920. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-60909-246-7. OCLC 1129197373. Gustafson, David M. (2008). D.L. Moody and Swedes: shaping evangelical identity among Swedish mission friends, 1867-1899 (PDF). Linköping University, Department of culture and communication. ISBN ...

  4. Swedish diaspora - Wikipedia

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    According to the 1934 Estonian census, 7,641 Swedes (Swedish speakers, 0.7% of the population) lived in Estonia, making Swedes the third-largest national minority in Estonia (after Russians and Germans). From 1943, during World War II, almost the entire community of Estonian Swedes fled to Sweden. Today there are, at most, a few hundred ...

  5. Stone Creek Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Stone Creek Ranch is a gated community located in the western parts of Delray Beach, Florida, straddling the city's border with Boca Raton. The community of 37 homes, each with a minimum acreage of 2.5 acres, is often featured in luxury magazines and is known for the notability of its residents.

  6. Swedish Club of Chicago - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    Chicago: Home to the Richard H. Driehaus Museum [7] Borden Mansion 1886 Châteauesque: Richard Morris Hunt: Chicago: Built for William Borden, was demolished in 1962 MacVeigh Mansion 1893 Richardson Romanesque: Henry Hobson Richardson: Chicago: Built for Franklin MacVeigh, it was one of only two structures designed by HH Rochardson in Chicago ...

  8. Nordic immigration to North America - Wikipedia

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    From 1840 to 1930, over 1.3 million Swedes migrated to America, with a particularly significant influx of 92,000 between 1920 and 1930. [4] Predominantly, they chose to settle in the Midwest, especially around the Great Lakes, while a smaller number journeyed to destinations like Canada or Cuba.

  9. Rubloff Company - Wikipedia

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    The company was established in 1930 by Arthur Rubloff, who was responsible for some of the most notable and successful real estate developments in Chicago, including The Brunswick Building, the Greyhound Bus Terminal, Evergreen Plaza Shopping Center and the Carl Sandburg Village. Rubloff was involved in hundreds of real estate deals during his ...

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