Sweden itself was the first neutral nation to recognize the new United States when it signed peace and trade agreements with our Nation in 1783. Later. after the First World war. the enterprising Swedes began crossing the Atlantic in everincreasing numbers in search of the economic opportunities that remain abundant in our Nation today. SwedishAmericans always have shown an avid interest in historyindeed they are justifiably proud of the fact that the earliest SwedIsh immigrants arrived here almost as early as the first pilgrims. Furthermore. they have had a proud history to record. The Swedish author Vlhelm Moberg wrote a series of novels during the 1940s and 1950s about early Swedish immigrantsand these novels were later turned into two films. "The Emigrants and The New Land." Lutheran Pastor Olof Olson dreamed of a community built on Christian ideals and later founded it in Lindsborg. KS. To this day it remains a predominantly Swedish town.
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