The Swenson Center wishes to congratulate the two scholars chosen to receive the 2026 Dagmar & Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholars Award, Magdalena Naum and Christine Ekholst! Magdalena Naum is an Associate Professor of Historical Archaeology at Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on Swedish and Danish colonial history, with particular emphasis on colonial collecting and the production of knowledge, settler colonialism and settler interactions with Indigenous peop

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 first to know when registration opens! About the tour Join our Head of Genealogical ​Services, Jill Seaholm, and visit Swedish sights of historical and emigration significance. T

The front page of Hem-Vännen, Saturday 25 June 1887. The Swenson Swedish American Research Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Swedish American Newspapers Project. In collaboration with the Minnesota Historical Society, Kungliga Biblioteket (the National Library of Sweden), and the American Swedish Institute, 348 Swedish-American newspapers totaling more than 1.3 million pages have been fully digitized and made searchable online. Many of the original newspapers re

Speaker: Dr. Kim Khavar Fahlstedt Title: "Warner Oland: Sweden's Forgotten Movie Star" Friday, November 1, 7pm Location: Augustana's...

A major grant from the Swedish foundation Riksbankens jubileumsfond in Stockholm has been awarded to a group of trans-Atlantic libraries...

The Swenson Center's annual Julbord Dinner took place on Monday evening December 5th before the College's Festival of Sankta Lucia. We...

The SAG Workshop was at long last held in-person in Salt Lake City last month. Including staff and spouses, about 65 of us spent a week...

Augustana College hosted its annual Festival of Sankta Lucia on Monday, December 5th, immediately following the Swenson Center's Julbord...

You may be surprised to learn that one of the most important Swedish Christmas traditions today is Donald Duck. At 3 p.m. every Christmas...

The Swenson Center is happy to introduce to our community our fundraising advisor, Kurt Peterson. Kurt has worked in higher education...

This fall, Augustana College and Uppsala University students piloted the first joint course between the two schools.

It's that time of year again! Peak behind-the-scenes with our virtual advent calendar.

Sponsor our Julbord Dinner! Support the Swenson Center and include your name/business name in publicity reading over 25,000 individuals....

Augustana College students and their families learned the basics of wheat weaving during Augustana's Family Weekend at the end of...

Download (recommended) or view our annual report for Fiscal Year '22 Welcome to our first-ever annual report for the Swenson Center! We...

Advisory Committee Member Spotlight Brianne Berogan Brianne Berogan is the Director of Advancement Services and Data Analysis at...

Advisory Committee Member Spotlight Jennifer Attebery "I taught folklore and American studies for three decades at Idaho State...

Advisory Committee Member Spotlight Adam Hjorthén "I am Senior Lecturer in North American Studies at Uppsala University and hold a PhD in...

Lucas Henry joins the Swenson Center team this fall as the Library/Archives Assistant. He is also a Visiting Instructor in Scandinavian...

Our journal, Swedish American Genealogist, is launching exciting changes with its next issue, due out in early September. Dear SAG...