Swenson Swedish American Research Center

10/12/2026

Come and hear an update about the free Swedish-American newspaper website that was recently upgraded and increased. Monday 19 Oct at 6pm central via Zoom. Free for Swenson Center members and $10 for nonmembers. Go to the link below to RSVP and you'll be sent the Zoom link 24 hours before. Välkomna!

Join us in October as Ulf Jonas Björk shares EXCITING NEWS about a new newspaper database that is a real boon to anyone doing genealogical work involving Swedish-American communities. Jonas will introduce and share details about a newly updated, free and searchable newspaper database, plus discuss ...

10/07/2026

Do you have relatives or friends in Sweden with kids 18-20 years old? Tell them about this scholarship from the Sweden-America Foundation to study at Augustana College for a year!

Augustana College Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen delar ut två stipendier till två framstående svenska studenter för studier vid Augustana College i Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Det var rätt val att studera ett år i USA innan jag specialiserar inom mer tekniska ämnen. Självklart har kurserna varit...

10/01/2026

Story on augustana.edu about the Swenson Center's role in the updated
Swedish-American newspaper website

Augustana students — and anyone who is interested — can now explore more than a million pages of Swedish-American newspapers through a groundbreaking digital archive. This free resource includes 348 publications whose pages were digitized thanks to the efforts of partners in the two countries, i...

09/30/2026

09/21/2026

Join us for an exciting Ander Symposium, Friday afternoon 23 Oct. in-person or virtual. Panelists from Sweden and the U.S.
Register here www.swensoncenter.org/ander-symposium-2026, free and open to the public.