“Very Welcome Home Mr. Swanson”: Swedish Americans Encounter Homeland Swedes

This article examines different patterns of interaction between Swedish Americans and the homeland, and my interest is in the significance and consequences of these encounters. The mass emigration of some 1,3 million Swedes in the 19th and early 20th centuries was a fundamental event in Swedish hist...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dag Blanck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2016-11-01
Series:American Studies in Scandinavia
Online Access:https://192.168.7.25:443/index.php/assc/article/view/5454