Swedes in the Twin Cities: Immigrant Life and Minnesota’s Urban Frontier

Edited by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck. (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001). Cloth, 367 pages.

A detailed portrait of Swedish immigrant life and culture in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, told in 22 essays by leading scholars from the U.S. and Sweden which arose from an October 1996 conference held by the Minnesota History Center.