Swedish Language
Wisconsin’s initially Swedish settlement was along Pine Lake in Waukesha County in 1841 a second emerged along the banks of Lake Koshkonong in 1843. Immigration from Sweden elevated considerably following the passage of the Homestead Act of 1862 and crop failures in Sweden in the late 1860s. Wisconsin received its heaviest flow of Swedes in between 1880 and 1900 even though all round, Swedes constituted a minor component of the…Read More