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Aug 11, 2015 · Shows homes, farms, and municipal facilities of Swedish descendants in and near Minneapolis. Includes views of fishermen at work, a church service, Carl Sandburg at his home, and closeups of ...
- 17 min
- 70.9K
- US National Archives
Apr 28, 2022 · Swedes in America (Irving Lerner, 1943) Israel de Francisco. 1.09K subscribers. Subscribed. 5. 138 views 2 years ago. Ingrid Bergman talks about Swedish Americans. ...more.
- 17 min
- 165
- Israel de Francisco
This 1943 black and white film “Swedes in America” was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information for educational use as part of its overseas information...
- 18 min
- 3.6K
- PeriscopeFilm
Irving Lerner's Oscar-nominated "Swedes in America" looks partially at US citizens of Swedish descent, but in the grand scheme of things it reminds us that the US is a mix of peoples. Ingrid Bergman - then the most famous Swede - hosts the documentary.
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- Documentary, Short
- Irving Lerner
- 1943-11-08
Jul 25, 2017 · Most Americans are familiar with France, Spain, Holland and England’s colonial history in the United States, but lesser-known is New Sweden, a Swedish holding that once spanned parts of...
- 2 min
Apr 7, 2018 · The film opens with Ingrid Berman standing in a 1940s furnished living room talking about the success of Swedes in the U.S. (:58-1:50). She begins in Radio City, New York ( 1:51 - 2:25 ). Skaters practice at Rockefeller ice rink ( 2:26 - 3:05 ).
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According to Joy K. Lintelman, mass migration from Sweden to the United States unfolded in five distinct waves between the 1840s and 1920s. Within this period, hundreds of thousands of Swedish emigrants made their way over and settled in both rural and urban scapes of the United States.
