This plaque, located in downtown St. Paul’s Culture Park, on the grounds of the Ramsey County Government Center East (160 East Kellogg Boulevard), was unveiled by Swedish crown prince Bertil in 1948 to honor Jacob Fahlström, the first Swedish settler-colonist in Minnesota. Photograph by Wolfie Browender, June 16, 2005. Used with the permission of Wolfie Browender.

Daguerreotype of Hans Mattson, ca. 1863.

Munsingwear employees at work in Minneapolis, 1920. Minneapolis companies like Munsingwear provided employment for immigrant women, including Swedes.

Passport issued to Swan Victor Anderson for travel from Sweden to the United States, 1925.

Sångföreningen Astra (Astra Singing Society) at Phalen Park, St. Paul, ca. 1917.

The children of Governor Adolph Eberhart dressed in Swedish costumes, 1911. Eberhart, a Swedish immigrant, was Minnesota’s seventeenth governor.

Congregation standing outside Swedish Lutheran Church in Svea Township (Kittson County), ca. 1910. Churches helped Swedish immigrants meet the challenges of adapting to their new lives, especially in rural areas.

Description: Swede Hollow, St. Paul, ca. 1910. Swedish settlement in St. Paul began in the ravine along Phalen Creek.

Ella Erickson, a domestic servant and Swedish immigrant, hanging out laundry at the Vitalis home in Franconia, ca. 1900.

Swedish railroad laborers (possibly on Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad tracks), ca. 1900. Young Swedish immigrant men helped build railroad lines across Minnesota.