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Old 02-06-2011, 11:01 PM
 
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What neighborhood has a large amount of Swedish people in Chicago?
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Old 02-06-2011, 11:31 PM
 
Location: Mequon, WI
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I would like to know too! I have been trying to get my hands on some good Swedish fish!
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Old 02-06-2011, 11:49 PM
 
Location: Edmonds, WA
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IKEA. Seriously though, I'm not sure. Andersonville and North Park were the historic centers of Swedish culture in Chicago but I think they have been mostly integrated into mainstream America. A few cultural relics can be found:
Tre Kronor - North Park - Chicago, IL
Sweden Shop - North Park - Chicago, IL
Swedish American Museum -
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Old 02-06-2011, 11:53 PM
 
Location: Edmonds, WA
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Oh, and this place looks like it's worth a visit:
Swedish Bakery - European Style Pastries and Cakes
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Old 02-07-2011, 01:02 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Andersonville and North Park were the historic centers of Swedish culture in Chicago
There once was a bunch in Budlong Woods,Bowmanville,Lake View, and North Center as well.

This is part of what the Encyclopedia of Chicago has to say:

"After the 1880s, Swedes relocated to newer settlements away from the older enclaves in the central districts of the city. By 1920 Swedes dominated the North Side neighborhoods of Lake View, Andersonville, and North Park; and West Side neighborhoods of Austin and Belmont Cragin. On the South Side, Swedes settled primarily in Hyde Park, Woodlawn, Englewood, West Englewood, South Shore, Greater Grand Crossing, East Side, Morgan Park, and Roseland."

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1222.html
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Berwyn, IL
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IKEA. Seriously though, I'm not sure. Andersonville and North Park were the historic centers of Swedish culture in Chicago but I think they have been mostly integrated into mainstream America. A few cultural relics can be found:
Tre Kronor - North Park - Chicago, IL
Sweden Shop - North Park - Chicago, IL
Swedish American Museum -
If anyone hasn't given Tre Kronor a try, I highly suggest it. Though costlier, their swedish meatball entree is 1000x better than ikea's
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:56 AM
 
Location: Nort Seid
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Bowmanville. Have a good friend who is 5th generation there, in his grandparents house
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Old 02-07-2011, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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Those in the city turned into lesbians.
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Old 02-07-2011, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Fishers, IN
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I think you have to go to Rockford to find them.
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Old 02-07-2011, 11:13 AM
 
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Andersonville is the Swedish neighborhood with some things to see - but you're not going to run into a big enclave of 1st generation Swedes in the city (or really anywhere in the USA).

Sweden has been doing quite well for a 1st world country for multiple generations now. My family is Swedish, and they came over in the last big wave around 1920. All the Swedes in the USA now are mostly people like me - multiple generations in and fully American. Swedes didn't make big efforts to marry other swedes and keep the blood line, same as the Germans, etc. I'm sure most are mixed by now.
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