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Consulate General of Sweden in Chicago has a jurisdiction over the states of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana.
We are here to assist Swedish citizens and residents with consular matters, promote Swedish businesses and culture, and provide information about Sweden in general.
SWEA Chicago was founded in 1981 by Kerstin Lane. The department consists of approximately 110 women of all ages and with different backgrounds. Many have Swedish as their mother tongue, but not all.
SWEA, Swedish Women's Educational Association Inc. is a global non-profit association for Swedes and Swedish-speaking women who are or have lived abroad. SWEA is both a meeting point and a network, with links all over the world that make life abroad easier and provide support when moving and returning to Sweden.
SWEA's purpose is, among other things, to mediate personal and professional contacts, as well as to establish a network between Sweor all over the world. SWEA supports education through scholarships and various projects with a Swedish connection.
The Swedish–American Historical Society grew out of the national 1948 Swedish Pioneer Centennial celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Swedish immigrants in the Midwest. In Chicago, 18,000 people filled the stadium on June 4th to hear President Truman, Prince Bertil of Sweden, Carl Sandburg, and representatives from many Swedish–American organizations. Four months later, on October 15, 1948, the leaders of the centennial celebration met in Chicago and formed the Society, originally called the Swedish Pioneer Historical Society.
The Swedish–American Historical Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1948, with the mission of recording and interpreting the Swedish presence in America. The society is devoted to the mission of studying the Swedish emigration, its history and culture of the Swedes in North America through research, publications, programs and archives.
In 1983, the Board of Directors approved a change in the organization's name to the Swedish–American Historical Society. By then it had moved well beyond a focus on just the "pioneer" period and serves to promote interest in the entire Swedish presence in America, from the first settlers on the Delaware in 1638 to the present day.
