Swedish Americans

E175357
European diaspora community ethnic group

Swedish Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Swedish ancestry, known for their contributions to American culture, industry, and the preservation of Scandinavian traditions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Swedish Americans canonical 11
Swedish American 10
Swedish emigration to North America 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralLanguage Swedish ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
contributedTo American Lutheran church life ⓘ
American education ⓘ
American industry ⓘ
American labor movement ⓘ
American literature ⓘ
American music ⓘ
American visual arts ⓘ
development of the Upper Midwest ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritagePreservation Scandinavian festivals in the United States ⓘ
Swedish language instruction in community settings ⓘ
maintenance of Swedish folk costumes ⓘ
preservation of Swedish-American churches and cemeteries ⓘ
culturalOrganizationType Scandinavian cultural center ⓘ
Swedish-American church ⓘ
Swedish-American historical society ⓘ
culturalTradition Scandinavian folk dance ⓘ
Scandinavian folk music ⓘ
Swedish Christmas customs ⓘ
celebration of Midsummer ⓘ
celebration of Saint Lucia Day ⓘ
diasporaFrom Sweden ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Sweden ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
surface form: Swedish people
historicalOccupation farming ⓘ
industrial labor ⓘ
logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ
immigrationWave 19th century European immigration to the United States ⓘ
late 19th century Scandinavian immigration to the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
majorSettlementCity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Minneapolis ⓘ
Rockford, Illinois ⓘ
Seattle ⓘ
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota
majorSettlementRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
majorSettlementState Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
notableSubgroup Swedish Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Swedish-American Lutherans

Swedish-American farmers ⓘ
Swedish-American industrial workers ⓘ
relatedGroup Danish Americans ⓘ
Norwegian Americans ⓘ
Scandinavian Americans ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
traditionalCraft decorative painting ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalFood gravlax ⓘ
lingonberry dishes ⓘ
meatballs ⓘ
smörgåsbord ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nordic Americans → relatedEthnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Doud Dwight Eisenhower → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Swedish Canadians → relatedTo → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Carl Sandburg → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
New Sweden, Maine → hasDemographicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
O Pioneers! → depictsEthnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Vilhelm Moberg → workFocus → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish emigration to North America
Linda Arvidson → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Warren G. Magnuson → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Kingsburg → ethnicHeritage → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Julia Roberts → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Scandinavian American organizations → relatedTo → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Danish Americans → sharesCultureWith → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Swedish Americans → notableSubgroup → Swedish Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish-American Lutherans
Van Johnson → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
George Seaton → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
Gretchen Carlson → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Michelle Pfeiffer → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Stockholm, Maine → hasHeritage → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Finnish American → relatedEthnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
subject surface form: Finnish Americans
Carl → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Sandburg
Scandinavian-American communities in Wisconsin → hasEthnicOrigin → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American
Scandinavian-American communities in Wisconsin → developedFrom → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish immigration to the United States
Richard Widmark → ethnicGroup → Swedish Americans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish American