In celebration of the Society’s seventieth anniversary, a festive dinner and program for members and friends will be held at the Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark Street, Chicago). A special Swedish smörgåsbord dinner, catered by Tre Kronor Restaurant, will … Read More
Join us at the Swedish American Museum on April 14th for a festive dinner catered by Tre Kronor and a fascinating program on “Nordic Noir”, Swedish Crime Fiction, by Mary Seeger, SAHS board member. As a genre, Scandinavian crime fiction … Read More
Join SAHS on October 21st for a festive dinner catered by Tre Kronor and a fascinating program on “Nordic Noir”, Swedish Crime Fiction, by Mary Seeger, SAHS board member. The rise in Swedish crime writing has taken the literary world … Read More
Minnesota was settled by thousands of Swedish immigrants beginning in the 1850s and extending into the early twentieth century. In addition to the well-settled Minneapolis and St. Paul urban neighborhoods, the beautiful area of the St. Croix River Valley, which … Read More
On Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, the Swedish-American Historical Society co-sponsored an awards ceremony in Chicago with Swedish Council of America (SCA). The event occurred in downtown Chicago at the historic Saint James Episcopal Cathedral just after five million Chicago Cubs … Read More
The Swedish-American Historical Society will hold its fall meeting in conjunction with the Swedish Council of America meeting in Chicago on November 4-5. The Society was one of four founding organizations of SCA in 1972. Together they will share an … Read More