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Seattle also sports the fifth-highest percentage of adults living alone in the country. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In the city the population was spread out, with 15.6% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 38.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Swedish Americans in the U.S. state of Washington. Pages in category "Swedish-American culture in Washington (state)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
K. G. William Dahl, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister, founder of Bethphage Inner Mission in Axtell, Nebraska; John Alexis Edgren, Swedish-born, Baptist minister, founder of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota [100] Lars Paul Esbjörn, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister and one of the founders of the Augustana Synod of the Lutheran church
The New Sweden Company established a colony on the Delaware River in 1638, naming it New Sweden.The colony was lost to the Dutch in 1655. [3]Between 1846 and 1930, roughly 1.3 million people, about 20% of the Swedish population, left the country.
From 1840 to 1930, over 1.3 million Swedes migrated to America, with a particularly significant influx of 92,000 between 1920 and 1930. [4] Predominantly, they chose to settle in the Midwest, especially around the Great Lakes, while a smaller number journeyed to destinations like Canada or Cuba.
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Swedish Americans (Swedish: Svenskamerikaner) are Americans of Swedish descent. The history of Swedish Americans dates back to the early colonial times, [ 3 ] with notable migration waves occurring in the 19th and early 20th centuries and approximately 1.2 million arriving between 1865–1915. [ 4 ]
Swedish authorities retained some autonomy under the Dutch administration. By the mid-1660s however, the English outnumbered both the Dutch and Swedish, eventually becoming the dominant force in the area. The fate of the original Swedish and Finnish colonists is largely lost to history.