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[edit] George W. Bush

The addition of George W. Bush to the list by Swedenman was not entirely out of the blue. See this,this and this – I do not know how reliable the "Swedish Colonial Society" is. And another thing, we do not need another List of Swedish Americans, so I have removed the one on this page. --Ezeu 23:07, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Surprise! Assumed vandalism based on non-inclusion in Category:Swedish-Americans. Nonetheless, I agree with your ultimate action. //Jugander 00:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Andover?

Andover is a place in Wiltshire, UK.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.167.176.121 (talk • contribs) 4 April 2006

There are many Andovers. See the Andover disambiguation page. --Ezeu 02:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Proposing merge

I propose merging this article with the stub Swedish emigration to North America, which I've just started adding content to. Swedish emigration to North America is going to need a rename in any case, since Canada doesn't come into it: it's purely about emigration to the US, and that is also the type of materian that I'm adding to it. There's a lot of such material out there, mostly academic and some of it even in English. I've ordered a couple of books. Any thoughts, objections? Snow 13:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

No, bad idea. Then we will have Norwegian American, Danish American, Icelandic American, but no longer any Swedish American. Wiki users should be able to search for a well-established concept and have a focused, relevant article on the subject pop up, without having to plow through an entire article of related stuff. Merging the mentioned articles into a Nordic emigration to North America article would also be a bad idea. My preference is that Swedish emigration to North America stays a self-sufficient article that does not have to use the two articles Swedish American and Swedish Canadian for its content but adds a deeper dimension by expanding on the general concept, for example by showing the common denominators, such as the conditions in Sweden that led to the major waves of emigration, etc, etc. There is a lot of ground to cover. Swedish emigration to North America can easily be an umbrella article without actually merging the articles Swedish American and Swedish Canadian into one mega article. Pia 20:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Reverted troll edit

Pia L has a good point. The migration process is one thing, and the community they built in the USA is a different topic, with different themes, famous people, sources, etc. For example, the migration was small after 1900, but the community in its 2nd and 3rd and later generations became even more complex. Rjensen 23:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The photograph

The photograph is showing a pair of children wearing traditional Laponian clothes. I have some questions about the photo; Are Laponians really ethinc Swedes? This article is about an ethnic group, not citizenship. Is the photograph really representative for the Swedish American people? How do we know that the children on the photograph really are from Swedish Lapland and not Finnish, Norwegian or Russian? Aaker 20:21, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The image illustrates immigrants arriving from Scandinavia at Ellis Island Immigration Station, where most Swedes came through according to the article. It was not meant to illustrate some sort of ethnicity, just the wave of immigration from Sweden (although the photographer seems to have been inclined to categorize them as Swedish immigrants at the time - perhaps based on their citizenship. It was chosen for upload from the NY Public Library archives based on the library's categorization and filing of it under "Swedish immigration"). You can exchange the image if you want to, or move it down, make it smaller and have another image that shows something you think represents more "ethnically pure Swedishness" then, as the main picture. No problems. :) Best, Pia 05:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
I think that is a good solution! Aaker 10:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "related groups" info removed from infobox

For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all {{Infobox Ethnic group}} infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 23:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review discussion

Please see the deletion review discussion here. Badagnani 17:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion review discussion

Please see the deletion review discussion here. Badagnani 18:36, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Swedish Americans

To Whom It May Concern;

I have a simple question pertaining to your history of Swedish Americans. In paragraph two, you mention the different religions of the Swedes / Swedish Americans, but I did not see any mention of the Swedish Baptists.

My Great-Grandfather (Erik Wingren) came to Chicago in 1880 per the request of the Swedish Baptist Church / Ministry in Chicago. My Great-Grandfather formed the first class at the Betal Seminary in Stockholm in 1866, along with Anders W. Lindblom, Lars J. Larsson and Per Johannes E. Palmquist.* My Great-Grandfather practiced his religion in southern Sweden until 1880.

Plus if you check "History of the Swedes in Illinois" by E. Olson & M. Engberg, published in Chicago, Illinois in 1908, you will find that there were quite a few Swedish Baptists in the Chicago / Illinois area along with New York and other cities on the east coast.

I would appreciate a reply to this inquiry if possible. Was it in error or just left out do to the fact that the Baptist were a forbidden religion in Sweden?

Thank you - W. P. Gager

  • "Betelseminariets Elever 1866", pages 34 & 35, circa: unknown

--Wpgager (talk) 19:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)