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Hundreds of Swedish-language newspapers were published in the United States from 1850 onward, catering to America's Swedish immigrant communities. Use this online portal to learn more about these newspapers, and to search over 300,000 digitized newspaper pages from 39 different Swedish American newspaper titles published across the United ...
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The purpose of the project is to digitize Swedish language newspapers published in the United States and make them available online through a new bilingual web resource that offers search, text correction, and annotation tools, and serves as a rich resource for scholarly research on Swedish American history.
Lovingly dubbed the “Castle,” the Turnblad Mansion on the American Swedish Institute campus is stylistically unique and massive in scale. Gazing up at its impressive structure, the towering turret and steep-pitched roof are reminiscent of French Renaissance architecture known as châteauesque.
In 2012, HGA designed the Nelson Cultural Center, a twenty-first-century complement to the fortress-like mansion. The 34,000-square-foot addition offers a light-filled public entry and visitor services including retail, gallery, performance, and event spaces, along with a café.
The portal is available in Swedish and English and includes a keyword search, text correction and annotation tools to help researchers dig deep into the Swedish-language newspapers. Users can explore more about Swedish America through essays, photographs and recommendations for further reading.
Mastering the Grain: What is Scandinavian Green and Dry Woodcarving? The Minneapolis-based American Swedish Institute is home to a museum, cultural center, café, destination store, historic mansion, and more.
