Swenson Swedish American Research Center

09/09/2026

Click below and RSVP to join us Mon. Sep. 21st at 6pm central for our monthly virtual genealogy club meeting. This month Kathy Meade will tell us about ArkivDigital's machine transcription feature. Free for paid-up Swenson Center members; $10/nonmembers. Välkomna!

09/08/2026

An evening celebrating our Swenson Center director, Dr. Dag Blanck

Price range: $45.00 through $100.00

The Swedish American Historical Society invites you to a special evening honoring Dag Blanck and celebrating the Festschrift Migration, Modernity, and Meaning: Studies of Sweden and America, Essays in Honor of Dag Blanck.

The evening will bring together friends, colleagues, and members of the SAHS community to reflect on Dag’s wide-ranging contributions to the study of Sweden and America. Throughout the evening, we will hear readings from the volume as well as reflections from members of the SAHS Executive Board. Dag Blanck will join us via Zoom to take part in the celebration.

Dinner will be catered by Tre Kronor.
https://www.swedishamericanhist.org/product/an-evening-celebrating-dag-blanck/

09/08/2026

08/28/2026

Next year's Sweden tour dates are set (July 23-Aug. 4, 2027) but there are still some details to iron out before the brochure and prices are set. In the mean time, click the link below and join the email list to be the first to hear when it's ready.

Jill Seaholm, Head of Genealogical Services at the Swenson Center, will be leading yet another tour of Sweden in 2027! The dates for the 2027 tour will be Friday, July 23 through Wednesday, August 4. Space on the tour will be limited, so join the tour's mailing list today to ensure that you are the....

05/19/2026

Love those Swedish dishcloths! So versatile. Use them in your kitchen, in your gym bag, laundry room, shower, shed, pool, just about anywhere!. Three designs, $6 each or 4 for $20 plus $3 postage.

Support the Swenson Center with your purchase of these eco-friendly, biodegradable dishcloths! Dishcloths can be used just as you would a regular sponge. You can even wash them in your washing machine.