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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 ...
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 ...
Though Swedish Americans assimilated into the broader American culture, they fervently preserved their heritage. They established religious and social institutions, and by 1855, there were Swedish American newspapers such as Hemlandet circulating in Illinois and Minnesota. [6] Many became agriculturalists, factory or furniture laborers. [4]
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2024, the Society transitioned to an annual journal called Swedish-American Studies that is published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Gustafson, Anita Olson. "'We hope to be able to do some good': Swedish-American women's organizations in Chicago." Swedish-American Historical Quarterly (2008) 59#4 pp 178–201; covers 1840 to 1950. Gustafson, Anita Olson. Swedish Chicago: The Shaping of an Immigrant Community, 1880–1920 (Northern Illinois University Press, 2018). Hale ...
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.
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.
Located in Bishop Hill, Illinois, for forty years, the Vasa National Archives houses documents of lodges and some artifacts. The purpose as described in the incorporation document is for "Educational, historical and research to preserve and display and make available records, documents, works of art, science, inventions and manufacture by persons of Swedish ancestry and to promote public ...