Sångföreningen Astra (Astra Singing Society)

Sångföreningen Astra (Astra Singing Society)

Sångföreningen Astra (Astra Singing Society) at Phalen Park, St. Paul, ca. 1917.

Children of Governor Adolph Eberhart

Children of Governor Adolph Eberhart

The children of Governor Adolph Eberhart dressed in Swedish costumes, 1911. Eberhart, a Swedish immigrant, was Minnesota’s seventeenth governor.

Congregation standing outside Swedish Lutheran Church in Svea Township

Congregation standing outside Swedish Lutheran Church in Svea Township

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.

Swede Hollow, St. Paul

Swede Hollow, St. Paul

Description: Swede Hollow, St. Paul, ca. 1910. Swedish settlement in St. Paul began in the ravine along Phalen Creek.

Ella Erickson

Ella Erickson

Ella Erickson, a domestic servant and Swedish immigrant, hanging out laundry at the Vitalis home in Franconia, ca. 1900.

Swedish railroad laborers

Swedish railroad laborers

Swedish railroad laborers (possibly on Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks), ca. 1900. Young Swedish immigrant men helped build railroad lines across Minnesota.

John Lineer’s shoe store

John Lineer’s shoe store

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

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Almelund

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.

Lumberjacks employed by Swedish immigrant John Ogren

Lumberjacks employed by Swedish immigrant John Ogren

Employees of Swedish immigrant John Ogren at his lumber camp near Mora, on the Snake River, ca. 1890.

Samuelson’s Confectionery

Samuelson’s Confectionery

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.

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