Sweden


 * __Sweden__**

It wasn't until the 19th century when the Swedes really started thinking of coming here. In Sweden there hadn't been a lot of good land to farm. In 1850 unemployment grew and wages fell, which made more people want to come to America. A survey took in 1890 told that one in four Swedes were in farming.

Due to the lack of land because sweden had increse in population.Swedes have to come to America for land.Government was connectedthe state luthern

church and any one who practiced another reliogion would be fined ,put in jail ,or exicuted

(picture) Blue dots are Swedish communities.

The first swedish colony was established in New Upsla, Wisconsin, in 1841. The next year Peter Cassel founded New Sweden in Jefferson County. Another in Swede Point, Iowa, in 1846. Within a few years 500 swedish immagrants were living in New Sweden.Iowa is the number one state for swedish immagration, and Wisconsin is number seven.

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The Swedish immigrants first settlement was in Pine Lake, Waukesha, in 1841. Large numbers of Swedish laborers helped build the Yellowstone division of the Northern Pacific.

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Arnold, Barton. "Swedish American." __www. wikipedia.com__. 12 May 2009. 12 May 2009 .

Spartugus, James. "Swedish immagration." __www.spartugus.com__. 12 May 2009 .

mrv, Wiki. "What problems did Immigrants face ." __Wiki Answers .com__. 12 May 2009 .

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