Swedish emigration to the United States
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Swedish emigration to the United States
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During the 19th and early 20th centuries, about 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States of America. While the land of the American frontier was a magnet for the rural poor all over Europe, some factors encouraged Swedish emigration in particular. Religious repression and idiosyncrasy practiced by the Swedish Lutheran State Church was widely resented, as was social conservatism and snobbery influenced by the Swedish monarchy. Population growth and crop failures made conditions in the
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Swedish population movements to the US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_emigration_to_the_United_States
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2024-04-19T01:26:12Z
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