Exhibit in Chicago captures Swedish landscape.
September 02, 2010
'Nordic Light' - a collection of 50 paintings and watercolors by Swedish artist Johan Thunberg, opens Friday, Sept. 3, at the Swedish American Museum. READ MORE »
Jeerk on stage in Branson.
August 23, 2010
Five multi-talented Swedish rhythm artists/dancers/musicians with varied backgrounds have made a footprint in Branson this summer. READ MORE »
51st Swedish-American of the Year visits Stockholm.
August 14, 2010
Swedish-American of the Year: Immigrant researcher John E. Norton at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm. READ MORE »
Survival of the fittest.
July 14, 2010
Two recently planted apple trees, descended from a species brought from Sweden to the New World, survived a class two tornado that hit the Old World Wisconsin historic site in June. READ MORE »
ASI in Minneapolis unveils design for new Cultural Center
June 17, 2010
The American Swedish Institute on historic Park Avenue in South Minneapolis unveiled designs for the Nelson Cultural Center, a building to be constructed adjacent to the iconic Turnblad Mansion. READ MORE »
How to make a Swedish Smörgåsbord.
April 23, 2010
Renowned Swedish Chicago chef Ingvar Wikström is teaching a group of people how to put together a Swedish smörgåsbord. A tasting will follow READ MORE »
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Warhol meets...
January 15, 2010
Swedish Cows: Slow Art, An Audiovisual Journey in Stillness, opened January 15 at the Swedish American Museum, Chicago. READ MORE »
Capturing the Nordic Spirit.
September 20, 2009
Graphic and textile designer Laurie Jacobi, along with production artist Mary Jane Miller, exhibited 100-percent-wool clothing, blankets, and rugs at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago. READ MORE »
Roundtrip: New York – Gotland.
July 02, 2009
If you're in the Chicagoland area, don't miss Peter Åström‟s Roundtrip: New York – Gotland, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photographs, which will be on display from June 19 through Sept.13 in the Swedish American Museum‟s gallery. READ MORE »
Faith, Sustainability and Lindsborg.
March 18, 2009
Jimmy Sjöblom, Bethany College’s 2009 Pearson Distinguished Professor of Swedish Studies, will give his first two public addresses. He will first speak on “More than Bread" on April 1, then on April 2 on “Lindsborg in the Eyes of the World.” READ MORE »
Scandinavian retreat in Wisconsin:
January 25, 2009
Featuring presentations on “The Two Olafs” the 36th annual Scandinavian Retreat is scheduled for February 13 – 15 at the Beaver Creek Reserve in Falls Creek, Wisconsin. READ MORE »
Consul carries voice of automakers.
January 16, 2009
The Swedish government will not take stakes in either Saab or Volvo from General Motors or Ford, nor does it plan more aid for either Swedish automaker, a senior official said Jan. 15 at the Detroit Auto Show. “They (GM and Ford) have to take the full responsibility for the actions that have to be taken to secure good futures for the brands of Saab and Volvo.” READ MORE »
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Colors of Nature: Oils and Watercolors
January 08, 2009
Friday, January 16, an exhibit of Swedish american artist Siv Lindgren paintings opens at SAMAC in Chicago. A combination of oil and watercolor landscapes of all four seasons in Sweden and America will be on display along with still-life's. READ MORE »
Roots run deep in Minnesota
December 08, 2008
The American Swedish Institute, ASI, of the new century READ MORE »
Scandinavian art gallery
November 25, 2008
Sometimes art can imitate life – and so can art galleries. Jim Davidson learned just how much an art gallery can not only imitate but stimulate life when he opened the Water and Oil Gallery in the historic Swede Hollow neighborhood of St. Paul, Minn. READ MORE »
Creator, founder, visionary
October 14, 2008
Kerstin Lane, Chicago, first and founding Executive Director of The Swedish American Museum Center on the early days of the museum. READ MORE »
The Swedish American Museum in Chicago.
September 10, 2008
In 1976 Kurt Mathiasson founded a small museum in a storefront log cabin, in which family histories were collected. A decade later the Swedish American Museum Center opened READ MORE »
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