Emigration

Happy Independence Day to one and all!
... a celebration everyone can appreciate.
The Andrew Peterson farmhouse gets a facelift
The Carver County Historical Society located in Waconia, Minnesota working to preserve what may have been a primary source for Vilhelm Moberg's research for the Emigrant book series.
Documenting Swedish America
The photography of Lennart Setterdahl - depicting a lifetime of recording our mutual history in the United States.
The Swede South
The Swedish presence in the southern states; Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi.
Lousiana Landscapes
A painter and woodcarver from Smaland in Sweden's south made New Orleans home.
Sweden’s impact in the southern states
Even today, Swedes are well represented across every walk of life and line of work, with Swedish interests supporting nearly 12,000 jobs in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Destination New Orleans
Visiting the Big Easy you'll be unable to miss the Swedish-run Trolley Stop Cafe.
Memories preserved in Silverhill
Interviews with Silverhill, Alabama residents were conducted by Lennart Setterdahl in 1978. This is an excerpt from “Memories Preserved, Vol II” Scandinavians in Alabama by Lilly Setterdahl.
The Nordic Museum in Seattle is open
Scandinavians across the Pacific Northwest and the nation celebrated as the new Nordic Museum officially opened its doors over the weekend of May 4-6.
Swedish Immigration to Chicago
The Dream of America: Swedish Immigration to Chicago
Heritage Travel
Being able to find your Swedish relatives and visit the homeland is a dream for many Americans. It is also a dream for Swedes to travel to the U.S. to learn more about what happened to their family members that left the homeland.
California Swedes reflect on a milestone
The recent California fires and dislocations of people all over the world are reminiscent of the beginnings of the Swedish community's Tegner Lodge No. 149.
John Anderson
“The U.S. needs a third party.”
The Greyhound Bus King
Someone used the slogan "Ride the Greyhounds," and the rest is American entrepreneurial history.
An instrumental Swede in Texas
The Swedish mayor in Dallas who started Texas Instruments also sold Nordstjernan.
Happy birthday Nordstjernan
- 145 years of continuous publishing!
Swedes and citrus in the Sunshine State
They're a symbol of the Sunshine State. When you think oranges in the United States, you think Florida. You certainly don't think Sweden.
The Swedish war bride's dress
A unique parachute wedding dress has once again crossed the Atlantic and is exhibited at a museum in Halmstad.
Revisiting the legacies of Jenny Lind
Many people walking by the interpretive marker in San Francisco have no inkling of Jenny Lind’s “rock star” fame, which the American press of the time dubbed “Lind Mania.” Still fewer would know that the Bancroft Library on the Berkeley campus of the University of California has photos revealing the celebratory spirit and civic pride of 1850 and the women in gowns and men in coattails transfixed by the newly constructed theatre in 1852.
New Sweden Centre VP receives award
Aleasa Hogate, vice president of the Wilmington, Delaware New Sweden Centre, receives Leadership in History Award of Merit.
White beauties across the North Atlantic
Before Scandinavian pioneer company SAS whisked away passengers into their pressurized jet cabins on polar routes and across the Atlantic, Swedes were traveling in record numbers back and forth across the ocean in the White Ships of the Swedish America Line.
Immigrant Footprints
We knew that a small group of Swedish immigrants from Kisa had arrived at this place in 1845 and staked out their homesteads on virgin land.
Vasaloppet: The race of a lifetime
The Long Road Home for a Swedish American
The story of snus in Sweden and the U.S.
Historically, only two countries in the world have had a high volume of users of the product. Here’s why: A history of the stuff that's not snuff.
A Swedish Lutheran Celebration
Augustana Valedictory: A final celebration of the Swedish Lutheran Church in America
Filling the gaps in a dark family history
For the last 14 years, Maria Bouroncle, a native Swede, has been living in Washington, DC. Like many of us, she has been intrigued by genealogy and tracing her family tree. But her research drew her back across the Atlantic after she got wind of a disturbing event in her family’s past which lay hidden for several generations.
En mörk släkthistoria
Hon fyller luckorna i sin svenska släkthistoria
Not everyone can remain in Sweden
After years of welcoming refugees through its open doors, Sweden is bursting with a population that may be bigger than its resources can sustain. Now the small Nordic country is making headlines in a new way.
Viking ship expedition to the U.S.
Expedition America 2016 will recreate the historical route the Vikings explored.
No more passport free travel between Denmark and Sweden
To cope with a big migrant influx or the need to better handle possible terrorist threats the sharper border controls all over the EU may bring back European travel to post-WWII standards.
Sweden Introduces Border Control
Breaking News: The government has confirmed that Sweden has introduced temporary border control.
Swedish architect in the USA
The book Swedish Architects in the USA, 1846-1930, due out in 2016, offers a sneak peak into the fascinating stories and lives of some of the 150 Swedish architects who immigrated to and worked in America during the Great Swedish Migration. While a lot is known about professionals in education, religion, journalism and farming, very little has been written about Swedish architects in America - until now. After years of research, Goran Rygert compiled this comprehensive collection of architectural histories in "Svenska Arkitekter i USA 1846-1930," which will be published in English by Nordstjernan. Here is an excerpt about one architect to whet your appetite.
Swedish NGO flies Syrian refugees to safety
A group of Swedish entrepreneurs and humanitarians is organizing Refugee Air to provide safe passage for Syrian refugees.
Swedish News:
Sweden calls for joint efforts in migrant crisis
Midsummer and 105th Swedish Day in Chicagoland
Good Templar Park in Geneva, Illinois has celebrated Midsummer on Father’s Day since the community bought the park 90 years ago in 1925.
The Swedes of Cleveland
A Swedish-American immigrant reviews Lilly Setterdahl's True Immigrant Stories – The Swedes of Cleveland Ohio 1873–2013.
August Nordin's Swedish American masterpiece
Architectural historian Jonathan Lammers explains the significance of the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco.
Swedish Architect in the USA - August Nordin
Excerpt from the book 'Swedish Architects in the America, 1846-1930', due out in 2016.
Remembering the journey
Anders Andersson reminisces over his emigration from Sweden 65 years ago.
Hard work, a little luck and a big coincidence
A friend's move to Sweden prompted a search for family — and a few surprises on an incredible journey.