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Podd: Trees, ancient castles and a Småland emigrant in New York

In the latest episode of the podcast Allmogen we talk about pine trees, ancient castles, totalitarian cultural (revolutionary) politics and emigration letters from [...]

04
May

Where do America's Swedish descendants live today?

Distribution of Swedish Americans according to the US Census in 2000. There are more than 4.5 million Swedish descendants [...]

06
Christmas

Swedish emigrants and the construction of the Great Northern Railway

Give me snuff, whiskey and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell

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02
Christmas

Three reasons for the great Swedish migration to America

Photo: Swedes in America. Olof Olsson from Nerikes Kil, emigrated around 1880 to Rush City, [...]

03
May

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Podd: Trees, ancient castles and a Småland emigrant in New York

Where do America's Swedish descendants live today?

Swedish emigrants and the construction of the Great Northern Railway

Three reasons for the great Swedish migration to America

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