Congregation standing outside Swedish Lutheran Church in Svea Township (Kittson County), ca. 1910. Churches helped Swedish immigrants meet the challenges of adapting to their new lives, especially in rural areas.
Swedish railroad laborers (possibly on Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks), ca. 1900. Young Swedish immigrant men helped build railroad lines across Minnesota.
Swedish immigrant John Lineer’s shoe store (851 Payne Avenue, St. Paul), ca. 1897. The store was one of many Payne Avenue businesses operated by Swedish Americans and served the needs of the local community.
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Almelund (Chisago County). Photograph by J. W. Rand, 1894. Churches helped Swedish immigrants meet the challenges of adapting to their new lives, especially in rural areas.
Charles Samuelson in front of Samuelson’s Confectionery, 1890. The store was a Swedish American business in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.