Swedish-American
From Stockholm, now stateside
Swedish-American describes people, culture, or things relating to immigrants from Sweden to the United States or their descendants.
The term often appears in discussions of ethnic heritage, particularly in regions with significant Swedish settlement like Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
The Swedish-American community maintains traditions through festivals and cultural organizations.
It can also characterize institutions, foods, or customs that blend Swedish and American influences.
Leaving homeland permanently
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
- passageSegment of text
- GothenburgSwedish coastal metropolis
homestead · settlement · famine · poverty · Midwest · Minnesota · Chicago · Lindstrom
Linked by a dash
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnicOf a cultural group
diaspora · assimilation · bicultural · naturalized · emigrant · descendants · roots · lineage
- IKEASwedish home-goods chain
- NobelSwedish prize surname
- inventionNew device or method
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
craftsmanship · carpentry · farming · engineering · architecture · education · journalism · industry
Upper Midwest American state
- WisconsinMidwestern dairy state
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- NebraskaCentral plains state
- KansasCentral American plains state
Iowa · Rockford · Minneapolis · Andersonville · Pacific Northwest · Great Plains · prairie · farmland
Reformation-era Protestant denomination
- smorgasbordVaried self-serve meal
- LuciaName meaning illumination
- lefseNorwegian potato flatbread
- lingonberryTart red Arctic berry
Nordic · congregation · fraternal · choir · potluck
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- Ellis IslandHistoric immigrant processing center
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
- passageSegment of text
Gothenburg · homestead · settlement · famine · poverty · Midwest · Minnesota · Chicago · Lindstrom · opportunity
hyphenated
Linked by a dash
ethnic · diaspora · assimilation · bicultural · naturalized · emigrant · descendants · roots · lineage · homeland
Lindbergh
entrepreneurship · craftsmanship · carpentry · farming · engineering · architecture · education · journalism · industry · labor
Minnesota
Upper Midwest American state
Kansas · Iowa · Rockford · Minneapolis · Andersonville · Pacific Northwest · Great Plains · prairie · farmland · rural
Lutheran
Reformation-era Protestant denomination
- smorgasbordVaried self-serve meal
- LuciaName meaning illumination
- lefseNorwegian potato flatbread
lingonberry · Nordic · congregation · fraternal · choir · potluck
- Hyphenated IdentitiesFrench-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, Indo-Caribbean
- Scandinavian-AmericanAndersonville, Ballard, lutefisk, lefse, kringle
Swedish-AmericanAfrican-American
U.S. ethnic identity category
Mexican-American · Chinese-American · Japanese-American · Korean-American · Vietnamese-American
Swedish-AmericanMexican-American
Of blended border heritage
African-American · Italian-American · Irish-American · German-American · Norwegian-American
Swedish, American, Sweden, America, Swede, Swedes, Americas, Americans, Americanize