From Sweden to America - Emigrant and Immigrant Songs

Audio Recording

Swedish American Museum

2024.1.11_Front

Name/Title

From Sweden to America - Emigrant and Immigrant Songs

Entry/Object ID

2024.11.1

Description

Two 33 rpm vinyl music records, a record sleeve, and an in-sleeve booklet from various artists compiled in a collection of Swedish and Swedish-American songs relating to or from emigrants and immigrants, produced by Caprice Records and released in 1981.

Context

About 1.3 million Swedes immigrated to America between 1846 and 1930. Most of them turned their backs on a life of agrarian poverty in Sweden, hoping for something better in the United States. The dream of America and emigration there gave rise to many songs and ballads. This vinyl contains ballads which became popular among the Swedes in America, and songs which were sung back home in Sweden, reflecting this dream. "From Sweden to America" was reissued as a CD in 1996, the 150th anniversary of the start of the "great exodus" of Swedish emigration to the United States. The recorded songs indicate the importance of songs and music in a new home, as well as the spread of the knowledge of the American dream back home to Sweden.

Audio Format

33 RPM Record

Recording Type

Music

Acquisition

Accession

2024.11

Source or Donor

Judith Bianchi

Acquisition Method

Donation

Credit Line

Gift of Judy Bianchi

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Phonographs, Folk music, Music, Emigration & immigration

Search Terms

Sweden--Härjedalen, Sweden--Dalarna, Sweden--Halland, Finland, Sweden--Jämtlands län, Minnesota--Saint Paul, Illinois--Rockford, Minnesota--Minneapolis, Swedish Folk Theater

Album Detail

Contributors

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Berta Ström

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Märta Boström

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Victor Nilsson

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Svea Jansson

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Tyra Karlsson

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Anna Sohrén

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Olga Lindgren-Nilson

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Carl Bruce

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Leona Carlson

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Arthur Erickson

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Ur Högmässa i Chisago Lake Lutheran Church

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Hellström-Svenning

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Olle I. Skratthult

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Lars Dalabonde

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Olga Lindgren-Nilson

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Ragnar Hasselgren

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R Åkerblom

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Lydia Hedberg

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Gustav Fonandern

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John Alfred Hultman

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Grossman, Morton & Vincent

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Lundberg-Williams

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Worsing-Ch Bengtsson

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Record Label

Caprice

Musical Genre

Folk Music

Release Date

1981

Place Recorded

Country

Sweden

Region

Northern Europe

Continent

Europe

Language

Swedish, English

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

Back, bottom

Transcription

Copyright

Copyright Details

Ownership was legally transferred to the Swedish American Museum per the gift agreement. Certain works may be protected by copyright not governed by the Swedish American Museum.

Restrictions

This collection is open to research and does not contain sensitive information.

Dimensions

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

12-1/2 in

Reproductions

Notes

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