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Factors which brought migration to a trickle were found on both sides of the Atlantic, with restrictions on immigration placed in the United States and improving social and economic conditions in Sweden being the primary factors. [1] Swedish migration to the United States peaked in the decades after the American Civil War (1861–1865).
While its population stood at 5,847,637 in 1920, Sweden accounted for a staggering 1,144,607 immigrants, making up 53.5% of the total Scandinavian immigrants to the US during this era. Norway, with its 1920 population pegged at 2,691,855, saw 693,450 Norwegians setting sail for American shores, constituting 32.4% of the Scandinavian influx.
By the late 1850s English had grown to be the most spoken language. New immigrants, though, brought additional languages to the territory. Newspapers were published in German (Die Minnesota Deutsche Zeitung), Swedish (Minnesota Posten), and Norwegian (Folkets Rost). [118] Irish Gaelic, Czech and other languages were used in various communities ...
Poster showing a cross-section of the Cunard Line's RMS Aquitania, the largest and most luxurious of the big transatlantic emigrant liners, launched in 1913.. The Swedish Emigration Commission (Swedish: Emigrationsutredningen), was a commission that existed between 1907 and 1913 that was mandated by the Swedish Riksdag to try to reduce Swedish emigration to the United States.
(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press for the Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1975.) Lintelman, Joy K. ed. I Go to America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson (2009) Varg, Paul A. ed "Report of Count Carl Lewenhaupt on Swedish-Norwegian Immigration in 1870" Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. 1979, 30#1 pp 5–24 ...
In addition to Swedish immigrants from south-central part of Sweden, a relatively large number of Swedish immigrants came from Stockholm and northern Sweden. The newcomers played an important role in the development of the Canadian prairies. Swedish Canadians can be found in all parts of the country, but the largest population resides in ...
When I watch the news coverage about the flow of migrants at the southern border of the U.S., I think: Shouldn't we be seeing more arrivals here in Minnesota? Of course, there's no way to know an ...
Swede Hollow in 1910 which was during the later years of Swedish immigration. Although remembered with a certain nostalgia today, the former area was a true slum . People and industries occupying the surrounding "upper" neighborhoods used the Hollow as a makeshift dump, which the inhabitants down below routinely scavenged for clothing, metals ...