Newspapers

Digitized 

Over 300,000 newspaper pages from 32 different Swedish-American newspaper titles published across the United States between 1859 and 2007 are now available online. This digitization project was a joint effort between the Swenson Center, American Swedish Institute, Minnesota Historical Society, and the National Library of Sweden. 

The Swedish American Newspapers website gives background on Swedish-American newspaper publishing in addition to the ability to search and read newspapers. You may contribute to the project by using the text correction and annotation tools. The newspaper titles currently available were selected to provide wide geographic coverage and chronological and historical significance. Additional titles will be added as funding permits. 

• See Digitized Newspapers

Print & Microfilm 

The Swenson Center has a sizable collection of Swedish-American and Swedish-Canadian newspapers in print and on microfilm. Some titles on microfilm may be available for interlibrary loan. Contact your home library for assistance. If you would like us to perform a search in these records for you, please see our Research Services page for instructions and fees.

Between 600 and 1,000 Swedish language newspapers were published in the United States. The Swedish American press was the second largest foreign language press in the United States (after German) with a total circulation over 650,000 copies in 1910.

Swedish-American & Swedish-Canadian Newspapers on Microfilm