San Francisco -- With the gold rush of 1849 would come the Swedes to the Bay Area establishing their Swedish entities, many surviving today!*
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Go HERE to Muriel Nelson Beroza's "A Final Word," including:
Again, if you wish to share your own Swedish American story and information via your website, YouTube or PDF files on this website, that would be wonderful! If you wish to list or delete your Swedish American Institution, Organization and/or Establishment, it will be done!
Just request what you desire on the Contact Form. Press "ctrl end" to go there.
Go HERE to Muriel Nelson Beroza's "A Final Word," including:
"The spirit, achievements, goals and ideals of those now deceased are kept alive in the memory of the living.
That is our legacy and we are obligated to pass it on to our children."
For those who wish to travel to former Swedish enclaves in America to explore, go HERE, to "Other Settlements and Cities."
Finally, here is to welcoming, growing, sharing, and celebrating the "Swedish Tapestry" of all things great in Swedish Americana with you!
Fran Cochran
SwedishAmericana
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Fran Cochran
SwedishAmericana
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San Francisco
(a Swedish story)
(a Swedish story)
With the influx of Swedes to the San Francisco Bay Area during the gold rush beginning in 1849 would create the need for various Swedish entities such as the Swedish Consular Corps, ethnic churches, Swedish language newspapers, societies, clubs, lodges and patriotic leagues.
One such "society" was the Swedish Society established in 1876 and today is located at the Swedish American Hall at 2174 Market Street, San Francisco.
One such "society" was the Swedish Society established in 1876 and today is located at the Swedish American Hall at 2174 Market Street, San Francisco.
The Swedish American Hall
One such "league" was the Swedish American Patriotic League established in 1894, consisting of 10 organizations in 1895. It was formed initially to "continue the efforts of the committee which produced a Swedish midsummer at the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park on Monday, May 14, 1894." Since that time the Swedish Midsummer Festival has continued.
Today it is held at Sveadal near Morgan Hill. A link below begins the last of four (4) such Midsummer festivals.
One such "club" was the Swedish Club of San Francisco and the Bay Area founded in 1913 by Dr. A. O. Lindstrom and a group of Swedish businessmen. It purpose was to offer help to visiting businessmen from Sweden, to entertain and assist them during their stay. This was to strengthen the relationships between Sweden and America, to then open up business possibilities in both direction, and finally to promote and enhance Swedish culture in the new land of America. *
This Sweden American business relationship continues to this day as found in the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
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"The Swedish Club of San Francisco and the Bay Area represents an ideal blend of a 'Little Sweden' In America."
(From The Swedish Club Biography by Heinz Evert Hellstrom, also by: Hogberg-Lindblom-Linstrom-Lundstrom-Olsson-Petterson-Swanberg)
A 2009 program from the Swedish Club of San Francisco and the Bay Area
"Swedish Art from Lindsborg, Capital of the Swedish Lands of Kansas"
San Francisco Christmas Fair 2009 at Saint Mary's Cathedral
Sponsored annually by the Swedish Women's Education Association
( SWEA )
- 2013 America's Cup Swedish Contender San Francisco Bay -
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Sources: Muriel Nelson Beroza's Golden Gate Swedes, 2000, Swedish American Patriotic League, History website; Swedish Club of San Francisco and the Bay Area website
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~ Restoring, Preserving and Promoting Swedish American Histories & Cultures ~
All color photography throughout SwedishAmericana is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © 2018 www.swedishamericana.org All rights reserved.
