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This is a list of Swedish place names in the United States. Many places in the United States, especially smaller ones, have been named after Sweden-related topics. [1]
Mar 6, 2018 · The Local takes a look at some of the still evident ties between the two countries in the form of 10 very Swedish places in the US. The US is littered with towns founded by Swedes which show plenty of signs of their origins.
- Bishop Hill, Illinois
- Adolph, Minnesota
- Boxholm, Iowa
- Braham, Minnesota
- Calmar, Alberta, Canada
- Carlshend, Michigan
- Fahlun, Minnesota
- Falun, Kansas
- Falun, Wisconsin
- Gothenburg, Nebraska
The most talked-about Swedish colony in the mid-19th century was undoubtedly Bishop Hill, a collectivist community founded in 1846 by the "prophet" Erik Jansson (1808-1850) and his followers, the Erik Janssons. They were a Christian sect that came into conflict with the state church, and Jansson was imprisoned several times for his leading role. Du...
The first settlers arrived in 1869 in what is now Adolph, Minnesota. They were all Swedes. It was not until 1898 that a post office was established and the first postmaster was a Swede named Adolph Björlin, who also named the post office Adolph, which gave the town its name.
The town of Boxholm in Iowa was named in the 1870s by one of the first settlers, the Swede Anderson. This Swede was from Boxholm in Östergötland, and simply named his new home after his birthplace.
Braham was first built by Swedish settlers in 1870, when the emigrant D. Nordström and others came there and started trading new land. In 1896, the site was given a post office, which was named Braham after a Swede named Abraham. In 1898, the site also received a railway station, which was built on the farm of an Abraham Svenson, giving further jus...
Canadian Calmar was founded in 1895 by C. J. Blomquist and a few other families who had emigrated from North Dakota. They were followed by many Swedes. Blomquist named the place Calmar after his birthplace in Misterhult, Kalmar County.
The first settlers on the site were Carl P. Johnson from Loftahamn and Carl J. Peterson from Väversunda. The place got its name around 1896 when a post office was built. They named the place Carlslund, but someone in the post office must have misread the name and instead gave the post office the name Carlshend, which then also became the name of th...
Fahlun is a township in Minnesota that was named in 1877 by the many Swedes from Dalarna who settled there. A petition was sent out with the following content: "The names of all those who wish the new town to be called Fahlun". 17 settlers, including 11 from Dalarna, signed the petition.
The first Swede to settle in the area around present-day Falun, Kansas, was Erik Sundgren from Svärdsjö in Dalarna. He arrived there in 1868 and was followed by many Swedes, including Major Erik Fors, who came with a large party from Bishop Hill and Galva in Illinois. The major was also born in Dalarna and became the first postmaster of the place i...
A settlement that began to be mined around 1870 by the dalmatians Simon Anderson, Peter Anderson, P.O. Peterson, A.G. Anderson and Andrew Olson. They named their new home Falun.
Gothenburg in Dawson County, Nebraska, was first settled by Germans and Americans. It was not until 1883 that the first Swede, N. E. Axling, arrived and opened the first trading post in the entire county. He was followed by many Swedes, at least some of whom, given the name, must have had a heart for Gothenburg.
Oct 8, 2024 · Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the country’s history of colonization, the most common source nation of local place names in 18 different U.S. states was England. Most of these states were ...
The more than 1,000 Swedish-American place-names found by Otto Robert Landelius provide hard evidence of a distinct Swedish flavor permeating the map of North America.
- Landelius, Otto Robert
- Swedish Place-Names in North America
- Chicago, Ill.
The state with most places carrying Swedish names is Minnesota but they also exist in many other states. The State of Washington, for example, has about 50 places with Swedish names. Washington was the largest coherent area of Swedish settlements west of the Rocky Mountains.
This is a list of Swedish place names in the United States . Many places in the United States, especially smaller ones, have been named after Sweden-related topics. Alabama.
