Swedish Cultural Stories

Sit back, relax and let us delight you with these tribute stories of those who helped create this great land of ours and the life we enjoy today.

 

Neil and Anna Sideen's Journey

Gunvor Larsson - Winnipeg’s Swedish Matriarch

By Nancy Drews, with assistance gratefully provided by Delsie Cousineau

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Peter and Mary Dahlstrom Family History

By Elaine (Nordstrom) Tosberg

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Andrew and Christina Nelson

Elin Jarf

By Delsie Olson Cousineau

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The Carlson Chronicles

A Story in the Life of Edwin Otto Carlson

August Hammerstedt

Snippets from Ostersund, ON

By Delsie Cousineau/Wally Gustafson

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Jernberg Family History

By Beverly Jernberg Cole

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The Hanson Story

By Sylvia Nilsson-Barkman

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John and Jennie Nordstrom

Lars and Brita Lisa Nordstrom Family History

The first Swedish immigrants to Manitoba

The Olson Story - Tale of Two Brothers

By Delphie Olson Norberg

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The Swedish Community at Eriksdale, Manitoba
(Nord School 1909-1965)

The Homesteads of Early Swedish Settlers in Manitoba

By Elaine Nordstrom Tosberg

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Axel Sr. and Nanny Lindquist

Gammal Svenskyby - Swedes of Meadows

Swedes of Sprague

By Delsie Cousineau

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Swedes of Riverland District/Lac Du Bonnet

The First Swede in Manitoba

By Marilyn van de flindt

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