Clio’s Abode in Swedish America: Essays from the Journal of the Swedish-American Historical Society
Clio’s Abode in Swedish America consists of twenty-five articles previously published in the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly or its predecessor, the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. Intended to help celebrate the Society’s 75th anniversary, as well as to commemorate the transition of … Read More
Swedish-American Borderlands: New Histories of Transatlantic Relations
Edited by Dag Blanck and Adam Hjorthén. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021). Paper, 352 pp. Studies of Swedish American history and identity have largely been confined to separate disciplines, such as history, literature, or politics. Swedish–American Borderlands, edited by … Read More
Sacred Migrations: Borderlands of Community & Faith, Essays in Honor of Philip J. Anderson
Edited by Hauna Ondrey and Mark Safstrom, this Festschrift is a tribute for Philip. J. Anderson, longtime professor of church history at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, and president of the Swedish-American Historical Society for the past thirty years. … Read More
Swedish Chicago: The Shaping of an Immigrant Community, 1880-1920
By Anita Olson Gustafson. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2018). Paper, 212 pp. Between 1880 and 1920, emigration from Sweden to Chicago soared, and the city itself grew remarkably. During this time, the Swedish population in the city shifted from … Read More
Scandinavians in the State House: How Nordic Immigrants Shaped Minnesota Politics
Klas Bergman (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2017). Paper, 310 pp. Beginning in the 1850s, thousands of immigrants from Nordic countries settled in Minnesota and quickly established themselves in the political life of their new home. These Norwegians, Swedes, … Read More
Land of Dreams: A Reporter’s Journey from Sweden to America
By Klas Bergman (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013) Paper, 286 pp. “Land of Dreams – A Reporter’s Journey from Sweden to America” is a personal and political retrospective on my many years in the United States, from my arrival in … Read More
Conrad Bergendoff’s Faith and Work – A Swedish-American Lutheran, 1895-1997
By Thomas Tredway (Published by the Augustana Historical Society in partnership with the Swedish–American Historical Society, 2013) Cloth, 497 pp. Conrad Bergendoff, a historian, theologian, ecumenist, educator and pastor, served as President of Augustana College from 1935-1962. The author, Thomas … Read More
Norwegians and Swedes in the United States: Friends & Neighbors
Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck – Editors (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012). Paper, 327 pp. Seventeen essays by scholars from the United States, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark explore interactions among Swedish and Norwegian immigrants to America, focusing … Read More
Shuttle in Her Hand: A Swedish Immigrant Weaver in America
By Marion Tuttle Marzolf. (Chicago: Swedish-American Historical Society, 2010). Paper, 253 pp. The Society’s first historical novel tells the story of Lisa Lindholm, a single Swedish woman who emigrated to America in 1931 and her roles in Swedish and Swedish–American … Read More
Zorn in America: A Swedish Impressionist of the Gilded Age
By William and Willow Hagans. (Chicago: Swedish–American Historical Society, 2009). Cloth, 390 pp. Anders Zorn (1860-1920), the famous Swedish artist, made seven trips to the USA. This book, complete with over 140 of his well-known paintings, etchings, and photographs, tells … Read More
I Go to America: Swedish–American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson
By Joy K. Lintelman. (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009). Cloth, 294 pp. This book, winner of the prestigious Minnesota Book Award (non-fiction), uses the life of Mina Anderson to describe much about the lives of Swedish–American immigrant women … Read More
Why I Wrote the Novel About Swedish Immigrants
By Vilhelm Moberg. (Chicago: Swedish–American Historical Society, 2008). Paper, 24 pp. In 1966, Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg flew to Chicago to give this address to the then-named Swedish Pioneer Historical Society. This booklet reprints that address, along with a new … Read More
Swedish Recipes Old and New
By American Daughters of Sweden. (Chicago: American Daughters of Sweden, 1955; 21st Printing, 2008). Paper, 180 pp. A collection of classic recipes for Swedish and Swedish–American foods.
The Rise and Fall of New Sweden: Gov. Johan Risingh’s Journal
By Johan Risingh, edited by Stellan Dahlgren and Hans Norman, translated by Marie Clark. (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1988). Cloth, 303 pp. The Rise and Fall of New Sweden: Gov. Johan Risingh’s Journal, 1654-1655, in its Historical Context This … Read More
Ingrid: My Swedish–American Life and Adventures
By Ingrid Bergstrom. (Chicago: Swedish–American Historical Society, 2003). Paper, 184 pp. This spirited and enthusiastic memoir tells the life and adventures of Ingrid Bergstrom. Ingrid and her husband Gösta emigrated to the United States after World War II, eventually settling … Read More
Swedish Passenger Arrivals New York
Swedish Passenger Arrivals in New York 1820-1850 By Nils William Olsson. (Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1967). Cloth, 391 pp. Dr. Olsson compiled lists of all known Swedish passenger arrivals in New York for the period 1820-1850, as well as … Read More
Swedish American Genealogist
Edited by Nils William Olsson. (Vol. XI, No. 1, March 1991). Paper, 127 pp. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Swedish–American Genealogist, this double-sized edition was issued. It contains 12 articles on a variety of topics.
Swedes in America: Intercultural and Interethnic Perspectives on Contemporary Research
Edited by Ulf Beijbom. (Växjö: Swedish Emigrant Institute, 1993). Cloth, 224 pp. This book contains 19 essays from leading scholars on both sides of the Atlantic that came from a 1991 symposium held in Växjö, Sweden, entitled “Swedes in America: … Read More
Index to Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly and Swedish–American Historical Quarterly, 1950-2002
By Kevin Proescholdt. (Chicago: Swedish–American Historical Society, 2003). Paper, 210 pp. This cumulative index, covering more than a half-century of the Quarterly’s publication, consists of three main parts: author entries, subject and keyword entries, and a listing of all 560+ books reviewed … Read More
Scandinavians and America, Essays Presented to Franklin D. Scott
Edited by H. Arnold Barton. (Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1974). Paper, 110 pp. This book re-prints a special double issue of the Quarterly from 1974 (nos. 3-4) that honored Dr. Franklin D. Scott upon his retirement as the editor of the Swedish … Read More
Olof Wijk’s North American Diary of 1829
By Olof Wijk, translated by Mikael Grut, notes by Nils William Olsson. (Winter Park, Florida: SAG Publications, 1998). Paper, 54 pp. This book translates the diary of Swedish visitor Olof Wijk (1786-1856) from his 1829 trip to North America, a … Read More
American–Swedish Handbook, 13th ed.
Edited by Holly Johnson. (Minneapolis: Swedish Council of America, 2004). Paper, 553 pp. This book contains listings of nearly 1,000 Swedish–American and Scandinavian–American organizations and offices, including embassies, consulates, publications, and national and educational organizations in the United States, Canada, … Read More
Wertmüller: Artist and Immigrant Farmer
By Franklin D. Scott. (Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1963). Cloth, 173 pp. This book describes the accomplished Swedish painter, Adolph Ulric Wertmüller (1751-1811), who painted not only Marie Antoinette in Europe but George Washington in America. Wertmüller emigrated to … Read More
Trans-Atlantica: Essays on Scandinavian Migration and Culture
By Franklin D. Scott. (New York: Arno Press, 1979). Cloth, 316 pp. This book includes 23 essays on this topic written by Dr. Scott between 1944 and 1978 that first appeared in leading journals such as the Journal of Modern … Read More
Bethany in Kansas: the History of a College
By Emory Lindquist. (Lindsborg, Kansas: Bethany College, 1975). Cloth, 309 pp. The history of Bethany College, founded in 1881 in the most Swedish of all Kansas towns, Lindsborg. Written by a well-known historian and scholar who also served at one … Read More
Wheat Flour Messiah: Eric Jansson of Bishop Hill
By Paul Elmén. (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997). Paper, 240 pp. Here is the definitive biography of Eric Jansson, the founder of a religious sect in Sweden who led his followers to emigrate to Illinois and establish the utopian … Read More
From Isolationism to Involvement, the Swedish Immigrant Press in America, 1914-1945
By Finis H. Capps. (Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1966). Cloth, 238 pp. This book examines the changes in the Swedish immigrant press from the start of World War I in Europe in 1914 to the end of World War … Read More
Farm, Forge and Philosophy; a Swedish Immigrant’s Life
By Adolph Benson. (Chicago: Swedish Pioneer Historical Society, 1961). Cloth, 166 pp. The memoir of a noted Swedish immigrant scholar and author, Adolph Burnett Benson (1881-1962), who was born in Skåne and eventually became a professor at Yale.
Images of Swedish–America
By Ulf Beijbom. (Växjö: Emigrant Institute Friendship Society, 2003). Cloth, 199 pp. This book contains Swedish–American immigrant photographs from the “Dream of America” exhibit and other collections at the Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö, Sweden.
Peter Cassel and Iowa’s New Sweden
Edited by H. Arnold Barton. (Chicago: Swedish–American Historical Society, 1995). Paper, 114 pp. This book compiles articles from several sources on Peter Cassel and New Sweden, Iowa. Cassel led a group of Swedish immigrants to settle in the Iowa Territory … Read More