The Swedish Culture Of the Chicago Area.

The impact of the Swedish emigration to Chicago is apparent all over town. By the 1900 there were more Swedes in Chicago than there were in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden!

Swedes have a long history of generosity, compassion, and were progressive in the causes they supported politically and socially. Shortly after the founding of the Vasa Order of America was formed as a social network for Swedish emigrants in 1896; the culture of Swedes in Chicago really settled in.

You will find many interesting Swedish cultural impacts in Chicago, including the Evangelical Covenant Church and the Swedish Covenant Hospital and North Park University.Additional information can be found at http://atreegrowsinbklyn.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/swedish-midsummer-festival-in-battery-park-or-svensk-midsommar-festival-i-battery-park/.

The Swedish cultural center in Chicago is probably The Swedish American Museum. Browse the artifacts and history of American Swedes at The Swedish American Museum, here Swedish culture and History are celebrated. They even offer Swedish language classes, and there is a focused Children’s Museum as well.

Dig into the past and learn more at the Center for Scandinavian Studies and the archives of the Swedish American Historical Society at North Park College and Theological Seminary

If it’s still morning, enjoy an Oslo Omelet and Falukorv Sausage, at Tre Kronor, a local Swedish restaraunt, it’s just across the street.