Swedish Americans

Swedish Americans
*svenskamerikaner*
	File:Percent of Swedish Americans by state.svg
Total population
	4,754,703; 1.4% of the US population (2009)
Regions with significant populations
	Most Prevalent in the Midwestern United States; Plurality in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Delaware, Pennsylvania, The Dakotas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Washington, New York, the Pacific Northwest, Illinois, New England, New Jersey, and Massachusetts
Languages
	American English, Swedish
Religion
	Predominantly Lutheranism, Church of Sweden, Protestantism, Catholicism, Mormonism.
Related ethnic groups
	Swedes, Swedish Britons, Swedish Canadians, Swedish Australians, Scandinavian Americans, Danish Americans, Norwegian Americans, Icelandic Americans

A Swedish American (Swedish: [svenskamerikan] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an American person of Swedish descent. They usually came from the great migration from Sweden to the United States in the 19th century. Many of them settled in Minnesota.

In May 1927, Charles Lindbergh performed the first solo-flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The aeroplane was called Spirit of Saint Louis.

Famous Swedish-Americans

Swedish USC2000 PHS.svg

The language spread of Swedish in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000.
Niels Truhlsen & Anna Hansen graves Blair NE 1988.jpg

Graves of Swedish American pioneer siblings Niels Truhlsen (grandfather of Stanley M. Truhlsen) and Anna Truedsdotter Hansen in Blair, Nebraska.
Nothnagle Log House.JPG

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House (c. 1638) in New Jersey is one of the oldest surviving houses from the New Sweden colony and is one of the oldest log cabins and houses in the U.S.
Birgit Ridderstedt Swedish Days group 1960.jpg

Birgit Ridderstedt at rehearsals with her young dance group for appearance in the 1960 Swedish Days Parade of Geneva, Illinois, with a Ragnar Benson truck
Swedish Americans 2000 Census.svg

The distribution of Swedish Americans according to the 2000 census
American Swedish Institute-2007-03-18.jpg

Minneapolis, Minnesota has the largest concentration of Swedes outside Sweden. The city is home to the American Swedish Institute (pictured).

↑ "Census 2008 Community Survey". Archived from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

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Total population
File:Percent of Swedish Americans by state.svg
4,754,703 1.4% of the US population (2009)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Most Prevalent in the Midwestern United States Plurality in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Delaware, Pennsylvania, The Dakotas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Washington, New York, the Pacific Northwest, Illinois, New England, New Jersey, and Massachusetts
Languages
American English, Swedish
Religion
Predominantly Lutheranism, Church of Sweden, Protestantism, Catholicism, Mormonism.
Related ethnic groups
Swedes, Swedish Britons, Swedish Canadians, Swedish Australians, Scandinavian Americans, Danish Americans, Norwegian Americans, Icelandic Americans