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Factors which brought migration to a trickle were found on both sides of the Atlantic, with restrictions on immigration placed in the United States and improving social and economic conditions in Sweden being the primary factors. [1] Swedish migration to the United States peaked in the decades after the American Civil War (1861–1865).
[2] [3] Because of this, it is unknown how many came to the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries along with other Scandinavian immigrants. [2] [3] [7] The majority of Sámi immigrants originated from Norway, Sweden, or Finland, though a small number came from the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Most came to the United States as single ...
These immigrants were drawn to the New World by factors ranging from economic opportunities to religious freedom and challenges in their native lands. Their legacy has significantly shaped the cultural, social, and economic landscape of the Americas. [1] [2] [3] Between 1821 and 1920, the U.S. witnessed a significant wave of Scandinavian ...
Many immigrants only passed through the City to get to elsewhere in the United States. By 1870 the Swedish population was around 3000. In 1900 there were around 28.000 Swedes in New York with about 15.000 in Brooklyn and about 11.000 in Manhattan. In 1930 there were 37,200 Swedish immigrants and 24,500 non immigrants of Swedish descent in the city.
An early community of Swedish immigrants (1848) became established in northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York stemming from the port of Buffalo connecting the Erie Canal with the Great Lakes. [14] [15] Jamestown, New York, became a principal Swedish American city during the peak of Swedish immigration. The Swedish American community in ...
Evjen, John O. Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630–1674 (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1972) Flom, George T. A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (Iowa City, 1909) Hoobler, Dorothy, and Thomas Hoobler. The Scandinavian American Family Album (Oxford University Press ...
The images, captured by Associated Press photographers throughout 2023 and recognized Monday with a Pulitzer Prize, spotlight the humanity of an unprecedented global migration story often ...
The National Nordic Museum in the Ballard, a district Seattle heavily settled by Scandinavian immigrants, serves as a community gathering place. The Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to the experiences of a single immigrant population and has an extensive collection of ...