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Swedish Americans  

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  • Immigrants from Sweden in the mid-1800s viewed the United States as a primary destination and established significant settlements in many parts of the United States. These settlements enacted U.S. life as they encouraged the contribution of Swedish tradition to U.S. culture. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Swedish Americans]

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