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Other Settlements and Cities
     For those who wish to travel to former Swedish pioneer enclaves in America to explore, the following stand out as special places and spaces.
    Already highlighted throughout SwedishAmericana are Kansas' Lindsborg referred to as
"Little Sweden, USA;" Pennsylvania's Philadelphia's "American Swedish Historical Museum" and the "New Sweden" region of 
Pennsylvania, Delaware  and New Jersey; Illinois' Chicago's Andersonville's "Swedish American Museum;" and California's San Francisco's Bay Area Swedish American entities including the Patriotic League's annual Morgan Hill "Sveadal Midsummer" festival.
    Some others highlighted here are Iowa's Swedesburg's 
"Swedish Heritage Museum" and Stanton's "Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center;" Minnesota's Minneapolis' "American Swedish Institute;" Washington's Seattle's "Nordic Museum;"  Illinois' Rock Island's Augustana College's "Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center" and Andover's "Jenny Lind Chapel" and Museum.

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- Swedesburg, Iowa -

(Census 2000: 86)
home of the
Swedish Heritage Museum

aka
Swedish American Museum

Founded by the Swedish Heritage Society which was established in 1986,
the Museum is dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of this Swedish American community.

For their 2012 Swedish pioneer story of settling Swedesburg, go HERE.
For a 2015 visitor's perspective on Swedesburg, go HERE.

Picture
Courtesy of the Swedish Cultural Museum aka Swedish American Museum of Swedesburg, Iowa
Picture
Courtesy of the Swedish Cultural Museum aka Swedish American Museum of Swedesburg, Iowa


Stanton, Iowa
(Census 2016: 637)
home of the
Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center

The Stanton Historical Society was established in 1970 and is committed to the preservation of Swedish heritage and history.
The  Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center that it created was officially opened in 1995.  It is home for a wide variety of historical and cultural items;
and it annually sponsors a week-long summer Swedish School for children.

Picture
Courtesy of the Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center of Stanton, Iowa
Picture
Courtesy of the Swedish Heritage and Cultural Center of Stanton, Iowa


Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Census 2017: 422,000)
home of the
American Swedish Institute

It was founded in 1929 when Swan and Christina Turnblad (Swedish immigrants) donated their palatial and castle-like home and  their  newspaper, Svenska amerikanska posten, to fulfill Swan's dream, for his home to become a Swedish American institute.  At that time, the Institute was named "American Institute for Swedish Art, Literature and Science" which was later renamed as today's American Swedish Institute.  The Institute is a museum and cultural center where visitors gather together to share and experience Swedishness in various forms which are linked and supported by ongoing strong relationships with Sweden.
Pictured here is the historic Turnblad Mansion and adjoining it beautifully is the Nelson Cultural Center which opened on June 30, 2012.
Go HERE for a glimpse of the opening day!

Picture
Courtesy of the American Swedish Institute



Seattle, Washington
(Census 2016: 736,000)
 home of the
Nordic Museum
The Museum is dedicated to the heritage of Seattle's Nordic immigrants:  Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish Americans.  It is the largest museum of its kind in the United States and the world to honor these five Nordic countries.  Since its founding in 1980 in a leased school building and named, at that time, the "Nordic Heritage Museum,"  the institution has been committed to collecting and preserving the past of these Nordic peoples and is devoted to educating the world on its research and findings. The grand opening for its new building and new name, Nordic Museum, was May 5, 2018.
Go HERE  for "Nordic Museum Grand Opening, Seattle" and HERE.
Go
HERE to see artifacts from 
Stockholm's Historiska Museet and Nordiska Museet, and to Museum staff discussing exhibitions two days before the opening.
Picture
Courtesy of the Nordic Museum

Go HERE for the Nordic Heritage Museum building's last tour: "The Dream of America" on November 9, 2017.
Picture
Courtesy of the Nordic Museum



Rock Island, Illinois
(Census 2010: 39,000)
home of

 Augustana College's
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Established in 1981, it is a national library and archives providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America. 

Picture
Mark Winter's Photograph of markwintersphotography.com/

Andover, Illinois
(Census 2016:  573)
home of

The Jenny Lind Chapel

The Mother Church of the Augustana Lutheran Synod aka Augustana Lutheran Church in America
1860 - 1962
Its congregations numbering 1,269 and membership numbering 629,547 it joined the Lutheran Church in America in 1962

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Source: en.wikipedia.org
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