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9/28/2009
Track down your Scandinavian family with these books, Web sites and organizations that focus on Sweden.
Web sites
Organizations
- American Swedish Institute: 2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407, (612) 871-4907
- American Swedish Historical Museum: 1900 Pattison Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19145, (215) 389-1776
- Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies: Box 30222, SE-104 25 Stockholm, Sweden
- Royal Swedish Embassy: Watergate 600, 600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20037
- Swedish American Genealogist: Box 2186, Winter Park, FL 32790, (407) 647-4292
- Swedish Ancestry Research Association: PBox 70603, Worcester, MA 01607
- Swedish Genealogy Society of Minnesota: 5768 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55422
- Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center: Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 794-7204
Books
- Cradled in Sweden by Carl-Erik Johansson (Everton)
- The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg (Minnesota Historical Society): First of four novels about the Swedish emigrant experience.
- The Emigrants and The New Land (VHS): Movie versions of the Vilhelm Moberg books, starring Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann (dubbed in English).
- The Swedish Americans (The Immigrant Experience) by Allyson McGill and Sandra Stotsky (Chelsea House): Ages 9-12.
- The American Girls Collection: Kirsten books by Janet Beeler Shaw (Pleasant Company Publications): Adventures of a Swedish immigrant girl, for ages 9-12.
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