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*[[Veda Ann Borg]], American film actress
*[[Veda Ann Borg]], American film actress
* [[James Coburn]], film actor
* [[James Coburn]], film actor
* [[Arthur Donaldson (actor)|Arthur Donaldson]] (1869-1955), Swedish-American actor
* [[Arthur Donaldson (actor)|Arthur Donaldson]] (1869–1955), Swedish-American actor
* [[Joseph J. Dowling]], film American actor; his mother was Swedish
* [[Joseph J. Dowling]], film American actor; his mother was Swedish
* [[Stan Freberg]], animation voice actor, author, recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director
* [[Stan Freberg]], animation voice actor, author, recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director
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*[[Jerry Garcia]], singer and guitarist of the [[Grateful Dead]]
*[[Jerry Garcia]], singer and guitarist of the [[Grateful Dead]]
* [[Emilie Hammarskjöld]], composer
* [[Emilie Hammarskjöld]], composer
* [[Chris Fehn]], Percussionist and vocals of the band [[Slipknot]]
* [[Chris Fehn]], Percussionist and vocals of the band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
* [[Howard Hanson]], composer, conductor, educator and music theorist<ref>Referred to as Swedish-American at [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Swedish-Americans.html Swedish Americans]; Swedish parents</ref>
* [[Howard Hanson]], composer, conductor, educator and music theorist<ref>Referred to as Swedish-American at [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Swedish-Americans.html Swedish Americans]; Swedish parents</ref>
*[[Ragnar Hasselgren]], Swedish-born singer and recording artist, who was active on the American West Coast from the 1920s through the 1970s
*[[Ragnar Hasselgren]], Swedish-born singer and recording artist, who was active on the American West Coast from the 1920s through the 1970s
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* [[Cal Tjader]], Swedish parents, jazz musician
* [[Cal Tjader]], Swedish parents, jazz musician
* [[Theodor Uppman]], Swedish parents, opera singer
* [[Theodor Uppman]], Swedish parents, opera singer
* [[Elle Varner]], Singer, songwriter, guitarist (Father is half-Swedish)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXCuMmvOD8&ab_channel=djvlad | title=Elle Varner Talks Ethnicity & Michael Jackson's Prank on Her Mom | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
* [[Elle Varner]], Singer, songwriter, guitarist (Father is half-Swedish)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXCuMmvOD8&ab_channel=djvlad | title=Elle Varner Talks Ethnicity & Michael Jackson's Prank on Her Mom | via=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
* [[Astrid Varnay]], Swedish-born, opera singer
* [[Astrid Varnay]], Swedish-born, opera singer
* [[Henry Vestine]], guitarist, son of [[Ernest Harry Vestine]]
* [[Henry Vestine]], guitarist, son of [[Ernest Harry Vestine]]
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* [[Gustavus Hesselius]], Swedish-born, painter<ref>Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, American Colonial Portraits, 1700-1776, Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987</ref>
* [[Gustavus Hesselius]], Swedish-born, painter<ref>Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, American Colonial Portraits, 1700-1776, Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987</ref>
* [[John Hesselius]], portraitist<ref>Doud, Richard K., ''John Hesselius: His Life and Work'' (Masters Thesis to the University of Delaware, 1963)</ref>
* [[John Hesselius]], portraitist<ref>Doud, Richard K., ''John Hesselius: His Life and Work'' (Masters Thesis to the University of Delaware, 1963)</ref>
* [[Magnus Colcord Heurlin|Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin]] (1895-1986), Swedish-born, Swedish-American artist and painter best known for his depictions of Alaskan landscapes
* [[Magnus Colcord Heurlin|Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin]] (1895–1986), Swedish-born, Swedish-American artist and painter best known for his depictions of Alaskan landscapes
* [[Oscar Jacobson]], Swedish-born American painter and museum curator. From 1915 to 1945, he was the director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art
* [[Oscar Jacobson]], Swedish-born American painter and museum curator. From 1915 to 1945, he was the director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art
* [[Emil Janel]], artist
* [[Emil Janel]], artist
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*[[Gunnar Widforss]], Swedish-born, artist specializing in landscapes<ref>[http://www.californiawatercolor.com/artists/gunnar_widforss/biography/ Gunnar Widforss Biography (Californiawatercolor.com)]</ref>
*[[Gunnar Widforss]], Swedish-born, artist specializing in landscapes<ref>[http://www.californiawatercolor.com/artists/gunnar_widforss/biography/ Gunnar Widforss Biography (Californiawatercolor.com)]</ref>
*[[John Hultberg|John Philip Hultberg]], American expressionist and realist painter with parents of Swedish descent
*[[John Hultberg|John Philip Hultberg]], American expressionist and realist painter with parents of Swedish descent



===Engineers===
===Engineers===
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[[File:Emil_Hilmdahl.jpeg|thumb|right|Emil Holmdahl and his pet dog during the campaign against Zapata. c 1913]]
[[File:Emil_Hilmdahl.jpeg|thumb|right|Emil Holmdahl and his pet dog during the campaign against Zapata. c 1913]]
*[[Emil Lewis Holmdahl]], machine gunner, soldier of fortune, spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter who fought under [[John J. Pershing]] in the [[Spanish–American War]] in the Philippines, under [[Lee Christmas]] in Central America, under [[Francisco Madero]], [[Pancho Villa]], and [[Venustiano Carranza]] in the [[Mexican Revolution]], and under [[John J. Pershing]] in [[World War I]]. In 1926, Holmdahl was accused of having stolen Francisco Pancho Villa's head.
*[[Emil Lewis Holmdahl]], machine gunner, soldier of fortune, spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter who fought under [[John J. Pershing]] in the [[Spanish–American War]] in the Philippines, under [[Lee Christmas]] in Central America, under [[Francisco Madero]], [[Pancho Villa]], and [[Venustiano Carranza]] in the [[Mexican Revolution]], and under [[John J. Pershing]] in [[World War I]]. In 1926, Holmdahl was accused of having stolen Francisco Pancho Villa's head.
*[[Arthur_C._Lundahl]], was responsible for establishing the Central Intelligence Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center, a forerunner of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and led the photointerpretation section of the U-2 reconnaissance program.
*[[Arthur C. Lundahl]], was responsible for establishing the Central Intelligence Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center, a forerunner of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and led the photointerpretation section of the U-2 reconnaissance program.
*[[Gregory G. Johnson]], US Navy admiral
*[[Gregory G. Johnson]], US Navy admiral
*[[Charles Linn]], Swedish-born, [[Captain (naval)|captain]] in the [[Confederate States Navy]]<ref>Corley, Robert G. and Marvin Yeomans Whiting, editors (July 1979) Dedication. Journal of the Birmingham Historical Society. Vol. 6, No. 2</ref>
*[[Charles Linn]], Swedish-born, [[Captain (naval)|captain]] in the [[Confederate States Navy]]<ref>Corley, Robert G. and Marvin Yeomans Whiting, editors (July 1979) Dedication. Journal of the Birmingham Historical Society. Vol. 6, No. 2</ref>
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* [[Don Sundquist]], 47th [[Governor of Tennessee]]
* [[Don Sundquist]], 47th [[Governor of Tennessee]]
* [[David Ivar Swanson]], Swedish-American Illinois state representative for the Republican Party who served 24 years in the Illinois state legislature between the years 1922-46 and 1948–50
* [[David Ivar Swanson]], Swedish-American Illinois state representative for the Republican Party who served 24 years in the Illinois state legislature between the years 1922-46 and 1948–50
* [[Jon Tester]], US Senator from [[Montana]]{{cn|date=November 2023}}
* [[Jon Tester]], US Senator from [[Montana]]{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Tim Walberg]], US Representative
* [[Tim Walberg]], US Representative
* [[Monrad Wallgren]], 13th [[Governor of Washington]], Member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senator from Washington
* [[Monrad Wallgren]], 13th [[Governor of Washington]], Member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senator from Washington

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The following is a list of notable Swedish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Swedish American or must have references showing they are Swedish American and are notable.

List

Candice Bergen

Entertainment

Actors

Ann-Margret

Music

Kris Kristofferson
Ricky Nelson
Gretchen Carlson

Other

Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt

Artists

Engineers

John Ericsson
  • Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born, electrical engineer[51]
  • Ragnar Benson, Chicago building contractor
  • Ernst Julius Berg, Swedish-born, American electrical engineer. A pioneer of radio, he produced the first two-way radio voice program in the United States
  • Stig Bergström, Swedish-American paleontologist who described the conodont family Paracordylodontidae and in 1974, he described the multielement conodont genus Appalachignathus from the Middle Ordovician of North America
  • Chester Carlson, physicist, inventor, and patent attorney[52]
  • John Ericsson, Swedish-born, inventor and mechanical engineer[53]
  • Carl Friden, Swedish-born, American mechanical engineer and businessman who founded the Friden Calculating Machine Company
  • Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, Swedish-born parents, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, considered one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design-engineers[54]
  • John B. Johnson, Swedish-born, electrical engineer and physicist
  • Clarence Hugo Linder, of Swedish descent, electrical engineer, founding member of the National Academy of Engineering
  • Harry Nyquist, Swedish-born, engineer, important contributor to information theory[55]
  • John W. Nystrom, engineer[56] Swedish born, American civil engineer, inventor, and author. He served as an assistant Secretary and Chief Engineer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
  • Arvid Reuterdahl, Swedish-American engineer, scientist and educator

Entrepreneurs and businesspeople

Hugh Hefner
Buzz Aldrin

Military

Emil Holmdahl and his pet dog during the campaign against Zapata. c 1913

Politics and public service

Mamie Eisenhower
William Rehnquist
Paul Carlson

Religious personalities

Carl David Anderson
George Ord
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Glenn T. Seaborg

Science

  • Carl David Anderson, physicist who won 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics[109]
  • Alexander P. Anderson, was an American plant physiologist, botanist, educator and inventor. His scientific experiments led to the discovery of "puffed rice", a starting point for a new breakfast cereal that was later advertised as "Food Shot From Guns"
  • Ernst Antevs, was a Swedish-American geologist and educator who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology
  • Hugo Leander Blomquist, was a Swedish-born American botanist. His well-rounded expertise encompassed fungi, bacteria, bryophytes, algae, grasses, and ferns
  • John Elof Boodin, Swedish-born, philosopher and educator
  • Anton Julius Carlson, was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was Chairman of the Physiology Department at the University of Chicago from 1916 until 1940
  • Gunnar E. Carlsson, professor
  • John Carlstrom, Swedish-American astrophysicist, and Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, at the University of Chicago
  • Walter Elmer Ekblaw, geologist, botanist, and college professor
  • Gustav Eisen, was a Swedish-American polymath. He became a member of California Academy of Sciences in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883
  • Per Enflo, University Professor of Mathematics at Kent State University
  • Otto Folin, was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University
  • Fritiof Fryxell, was an American educator, geologist and mountain climber, best known for his research and writing on the Teton Range of Wyoming
  • Lennart Heimer, was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe and basal ganglia, structures that play central roles in emotion processing and movement
  • John Bertrand Johnson, Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist. He first explained in detail a fundamental source of random interference with information traveling on wires
  • Torkel Korling, Swedish-born American industrial, commercial, portrait and botanical photographer
  • Ludwig Kumlien, was an American ornithologist. He took part in the Howgate Polar Expedition 1877-78 and collected a large number of bird specimens which led to the discovery of several new species
  • Thure Kumlien, was a Swedish-American ornithologist, naturalist, and taxidermist. A contemporary of Thoreau, Audubon, and Agassiz, he contributed much to the knowledge of the natural history of Wisconsin and its birds
  • John Bernhard Leiberg, Swedish-American botanical explorer, forester, and bryologist
  • Paco Lagerstrom, was an applied mathematician and aeronautical engineer
  • David R. Lindberg, malacologist, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Charles E. Lindblom, was an American academic who was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Economics at Yale University
  • Waldemar Lindgren, was a Swedish-American geologist. Lindgren was one of the founders of modern economic geology
  • Carl Marcus Olson, has been credited as the discoverer of the process to make silicon pure.
  • George Ord, zoologist who specialized in North American ornithology and mammalogy
  • Roger Tory Peterson naturalist, ornithologist, illustrator and educator, held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement, his father was a Swedish immigrant
  • Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the long waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves
  • Per Axel Rydberg, Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
  • Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize laureate, chemist prominent in the discovery and isolation of ten transuranic elements including plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and seaborgium, which was named in his honor[110]
  • Thorsten Sellin, was a Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology
  • Folke K. Skoog, Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators
  • Orvar Swenson, Swedish-born American pediatric surgeon. He discovered the cause of Hirschsprung's disease and in 1948, with Alexander Bill, performed the first pull-through operation in a child with megacolon
  • Max Tegmark, cosmologist and associate professor of physics at MIT
  • Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Research Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University
  • Ernest Harry Vestine, geophysicist and meteorologist
  • J. E. Wallace Wallin, was an American psychologist and an early proponent of educational services for the mentally handicapped
  • Nils Yngve Wessell, was a Swedish-American psychologist and the eighth president of Tufts University from 1953 to 1966, overseeing its transformation from a small liberal arts college to an internationally known research university
  • Peter Jansen Wester, was a Swedish-American agricultural botanist. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1897. Wester worked in several agricultural offices from 1897 to 1903, including leading the United States Department of Agriculture's experiment station and experimental plots for subtropical plants in Miami.
  • Olof B. Widlund, Swedish-American mathematician. He is well known for his leading role in and fundamental contributions to domain decomposition methods
Phil Mickelson

Sports

Ray Bradbury
Carl Sandburg

Writers

Colonial people

Educators

Charles Lindbergh

Other

  • Bob Arno, Swedish-American entertainer, known primarily as a comedy pickpocket, and more recently criminologist specializing in global street crime
  • Leroy J. Alexanderson, last captain of the SS United States
  • Alfred O. Andersson, publisher
  • H. S. "Andy" Anderson, Swedish-American woodcarver, one of the recognized masters of 20th-century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving and caricature carving
  • Bo Andersson, former General Motors executive, and present President/CEO of GAZ Group
  • Lillian Asplund, Titanic survivor
  • William Lee Bergstrom, commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time amounting to $777,000 ($2.41 million present day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won
  • Oscar Broneer, was a prominent Swedish American educator and archaeologist known in particular for his work on Ancient Greece. He is most associated with his discovery of the Temple of Isthmia, an important Panhellenic shrine dating from the seventh century B.C.
  • Paul Carlson, was an American physician and medical missionary who served in Congo. He was killed in 1964 by rebel insurgents after being falsely accused of being an American spy
  • Victor Carlstrom, was a record-holding Swedish-American pioneer aviator. He set a cross-America flight air speed record
  • Neil Erickson, Swedish-born American pioneer in Cochise County, Arizona
  • Eric Enstrom, Swedish-born American photographer. He became famous for his 1918 photograph of Charles Wilden in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo is now known as "Grace" and depicts Wilden saying a prayer over a simple meal
  • Axel Erlandson, was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus"
  • Frank Erickson, was Arnold Rothstein's right-hand man and New York's largest bookmaker during the 1930s and 40s
  • Febold Feboldson, is an American folk hero who was a Swedish American plainsman and cloudbuster from Nebraska
  • Abraham Fornander, journalist, judge and ethnologist
  • Franklin S. Forsberg, publisher and diplomat
  • Nicholas Gustafson, was a Swedish immigrant who was mortally wounded in the James–Younger Gang bank raid in Northfield, Minnesota
  • Olof Hanson, first Deaf American architect
  • Eric A. Hegg, Swedish-American photographer who portrayed the people in Skagway, Bennett and Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush from 1897 to 1901
  • Olof Jonsson, Swedish-born engineer and psychic, famous for his long-distance telepathy experiment during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971
  • Gary Larson, Swedish-American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series
  • Charles Lindbergh, pioneering aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927[121]
  • Erik Lindbergh, aviator
  • Godfrey Lundberg, Swedish-born, engraver[122]
  • Jon Lindbergh, is a former underwater diver from the United States. He has worked as a United States Navy demolition expert and as a commercial diver, and was one of the world's earliest aquanauts in the 1960s. He was also a pioneer in cave diving. He is the oldest surviving child of aviator Charles Lindbergh
  • Raymond Nels Nelson, Chief of Staff Senator Claiborne Pell, R.I., former Bureau Chief, Providence Journal, unsolved murder 1981
  • Frank Olson, biochemist, he was covertly given LSD in the CIA's MKUltra program
  • Sigurd F. Olson, author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness
  • Ingrid Pedersen, was a Swedish-American aviator; first female pilot to fly over the North Pole
  • Buell Halvor Quain, ethnologist
  • Eric P. Quain, was a Swedish-born physician who co-founded the Quain and Ramstad Clinic in Bismarck, North Dakota. He also served as head of surgical services in France for the United States Army during World War I.
  • Tom Rolf, was a Swedish-born American film editor who worked on at least 48 feature films in a career spanning over fifty years. Famous for editing Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese.
  • Calvin Rutstrum, author of wilderness camping experiences and techniques books
  • Olaf Swenson, was a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the 20th century. His career intersected with activities of notable explorers of the period, and with the Russian Civil War. He is credited with leading the rescue of the Karluk survivors from Wrangel Island in 1914
  • Ivor Thord-Gray, Swedish-born, adventurer, ethnologist and linguist[123]
  • Jon Winroth, was an American wine critic who wrote for The New York Times
  • Valentin Wolfenstein, was a Swedish-American photographer who worked both in Stockholm and Los Angeles, California. He was one of the first photographers to use flash-lamps for photography

See also

References

  1. ^ born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden
  2. ^ "Ann-Margret Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com". Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006.; named the Swedish American of the Year, has performed for the King and Queen of Sweden
  3. ^ Swedish immigrant paternal grandparents. Bergen is a Swedish-American according to [1]; she is Swedish on her father's side [2]
  4. ^ Swedish immigrant parents NY Times bio calls him a Swedish-American
  5. ^ "Soaps Community - Nadia Bjorlin fans!!". Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2006. "Swedish-Persian", born in the US to a Swedish father, composer/conductor Ulf Björlin, and a Persian mother
  6. ^ "Swedes in Hollywood: Not just Greta Garbo - SWEDEN.SE". Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. [3] Swedish-born, became US citizen
  7. ^ "Obituary: Signe Hasso | Independent, the (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2006.[4] Swedish born, became US citizen
  8. ^ http://www.lethargiclad.com/tor/bio.html Swedish-born, became US citizen
  9. ^ (Swedish-born father)TomFolio.com: Van Johnson, Author Autograph Sample, Book List Link, Search Books Available
  10. ^ Swedish immigrant grandfather. Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at Famous Swedish Americans
  11. ^ "Helen Lindroth". New York Times. 1956-10-12. pp. 29
  12. ^ McDougall, A. J. (February 13, 2024). "Dolph Lundgren Finally Becomes a U.S. Citizen". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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  15. ^ Carlotta Nillson, Veteran Actress-The New York Times; January 1, 1952 Obituary
  16. ^ perhaps best known for playing Charlie Chan.Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans; Swedish- born
  17. ^ Nancy Olson Biography
  18. ^ Sullivan - referred to as a Swedish-American at Yahoo[permanent dead link]; mother is from Sweden"WVAH Fox 11: Erik per Sullivan on Malcolm in the Middle". Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  19. ^ Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans
  20. ^ "Portrait of a Voiceover Actress" [interview] by Ray Sidman, Comic Buyers Guide, #1631 (August 2007), pp. 36-38
  21. ^ "Cover Profile - Viva! Atlanta". Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  22. ^ Born Irene Ahlberg 6/11 1910 in New York (father from Sweden, mother from New York), died 6/3 1993 in Orange, California. According to : http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=31851738
  23. ^ The Rainbow Bridge (a biography of Olive Fremstad) (Mary Watkins Cushing, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. Library of Congress Catalog card number 54:10494)
  24. ^ Referred to as Swedish-American at Swedish Americans; Swedish parents
  25. ^ http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/j/joehill.html immigrant from Gästrikland, Sweden
  26. ^ Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at
  27. ^ Peggy Lee Tribute Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ "Elle Varner Talks Ethnicity & Michael Jackson's Prank on Her Mom" – via YouTube.
  29. ^ "Final Dawes Rolls". United States Government. May 12, 1907.
  30. ^ Gyllenhaal is referred to as a "Swedish-American" at Maggie Gyllenhaal, he has one Swedish great-grandfather
  31. ^ http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7899 Noted "I'm Swedish" regarding his ethnicity
  32. ^ Carl Oscar Borg, Artist of the American West (by Marlene R. Miller) Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ (Antiques and Fine Art)
  34. ^ Hildebrand, Carver Edstrom. David Edstrom, Swedish American Sculptor (Swedish American Genealogist, 10, 1: 17–29 March 1990)
  35. ^ Named one of "24 Famous Swedish Americans"
  36. ^ Paul Granlund (Gustavus Adolphus College)
  37. ^ Ask Art. Knute Heldner
  38. ^ Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, American Colonial Portraits, 1700-1776, Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987
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  42. ^ artist known for seascapes and depictions of New Mexico’s indigenous culture.Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)
  43. ^ Arvid Frederick Nyholm Biography (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)
  44. ^ Biography of Claes Oldenburg Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  45. ^ / Sculpture intervention at Seattle Art Museum
  46. ^ "Biography - Susan Mohl Powers". SMP Installations. Sailshade Studios, Inc. 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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  48. ^ http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm Swedish-American; parents were Swedish
  49. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago Manuscript Collection #35, Exhibition by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago 1911-1982.
  50. ^ Gunnar Widforss Biography (Californiawatercolor.com)
  51. ^ http://www.bookrags.com/sciences/earthscience/alexanderson-ernst-frederik-werner--mee-01.html born in Uppsala, Sweden, immigrated to the US
  52. ^ Referred to as Swedish-American at
  53. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20031022001649/http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ericsson.html born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, primarily active in the US
  54. ^ http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/cjohnson.html The seventh of nine children of impoverished Swedish immigrants
  55. ^ http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/articles/archive/nyquistsuite.html ; immigrant, born in Nilsby, Sweden
  56. ^ Referred to as "Swedish-American" at
  57. ^ Mentioned growing up in Sweden at
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  61. ^ Estwing Tour Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  62. ^ A Brief History of Indian Motorcycle Dick Scott's Indian Motorcycle Detroit
  63. ^ A tribute to Erik Jonsson
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  70. ^ S. M. Swenson and the Development of the SMS Ranches (Swenson, Gail. University of Texas, 1960)
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