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During the 19th and early 20th centuries, about 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States of America. While the land of the American frontier was a magnet for the rural poor all over Europe, some factors encouraged Swedish emigration in particular.
4 Deaths. 5 References. 6 External links. Toggle the table of contents. 1800 in Sweden. ... Events from the year 1800 in Sweden. Incumbents. Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf ;
The Famine of 1867–1869 was the last famine in Sweden, and (together with the Finnish famine of 1866–1868) the last major famine in Northern Europe. [1] [2] In Sweden, the year 1867 was known as Storsvagåret (' Year of Great Weakness ') and, in Tornedalen, as Lavåret (' Lichen Year ') because of the bark bread made of lichen. [3]
The Swedes and the Swedish Settlements in North America 2 vols. (Lund, 1943) Nelson, Robert J. If We Could Only Come to America... A Story of Swedish Immigrants in the Midwest. (Sunflower U. Press, 2004) Norman, Hans, and Harald Runblom. Transatlantic Connections: Nordic Migration to the New World After 1800 (1988). Olson, Anita Ruth.
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. [4] [5]
Pages in category "1800s deaths" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Manuel de Amaya;
Pages in category "1800 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 467 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Years in Sweden: 1800 ... Deaths. 1 February – Anders Chydenius, leading classical liberal of Nordic history (born 1729)