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The American Swedish Institute (ASI) is a museum and cultural center in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.The organization is dedicated to the preservation and study of the historic role Sweden and Swedish Americans have played in US culture and history.
Swan J. Turnblad (October 7, 1860 – May 17, 1933) was an American newspaper publisher. Turnblad was the manager of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten, a Swedish language newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Later in his life he donated property and money to help create the American Swedish Institute.
The consulate's office is situated at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. [9] In an article published in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten in 2007, the head of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce, Michael Davis, stated that when Sweden closed its consulate general in Minneapolis in 1989, Sweden as a whole suffered. With each ...
These traditions are preserved by institutions such as the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, [5] the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, [6] Chicago's Swedish American Museum, and the Gammelgården Museum in Scandia, Minnesota.
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In 1967 Olsson became the executive director of the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1973 he helped organize the Swedish Council of America, and served as its first executive secretary from 1973 until 1984.
On October 6, 2012, the visiting King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf presented his country's prestigious "Order of the Polar Star" on Lynne Moratzka, the then director of the Gammelgården Museum in honor of her contributions to Swedish-American culture and heritage during ceremony at the American Swedish Institute of Minneapolis. [6
American Swedish Institute: ... Oldest surviving frame house in Minneapolis, built in 1849. ... Northeast Minnesota Native American