A Swedish Fika

How Chicago became the second largest Swedish City In the World


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During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the mass emigration of some 1.3 million Swedes to the United States occurred. Emigration was due to several reasons. One was the sharp population growth. Between 1825 and 1900, the number of children born yearly doubled. The difficult living conditions in cities and the country­side were also important reasons people chose to leave Sweden. In today's episode, I will talk about these questions;Why did they leave?Where ...
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