The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center (located at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL) is a national library and archives providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America.
What do we do?
Preserving & promoting Swedish America since 1981
Play the Swedish Immigrant Trail! You are a young Swedish immigrant to America in 1880. You have made the tough decision to leave your family and life in Sweden behind. Will you survive and prosper in America?
The Swenson Center's digital version of the permanent exhibit on Swedish immigration to North America.
The Swenson Center's archives contains unpublished primary source material including manuscripts, photographs, and more. The archival collection is composed of two categories: personal manuscript collections and institution/organization papers, and measures approximately 800 linear feet.
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Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center is showing the exhibit "Swedish Arts in North America" through October 15.
News from America occupies a prominent place in Swedish media. For decades, political, cultural, and social developments in the U.S. have been closely followed in Sweden. This interest has grown even more intense in recent years. Join the Swenson Center for a panel discussion on October 13, 2018.
Swenson Center advisory committee member, Bruce Karstadt, was honored as Swedish American of the Year by the Vasa Order of America at a celebration in Sweden last weekend.
Augustana's Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will join the Quad Cities Archives Crawl.
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will sponsor a seminar and panel discussion, "News from America: Reporting on the United States in Sweden.
