Krull, Jacob
Immigrant Stories
Peter August Adolphson born in a small, rural community in Smaland, Sweden in 1868. Peter was the oldest of seven children in a relatively poor family. When Peter turned 18 in 1886, he decided to move to Minnesota. In 1933 he opened a shoe store in Saint…
Ebnet, Breckan
Immigrant Stories
Harlad Fredrikson was born in Ostersund, Sweden in 1997. In 2015, he was able to spend a year studying at an American high school in Olivia, Minnesota. He hopes to return to the United States for college.
Loken, Emily
Immigrant Stories
Otto Lindberg was born in 1885 in Värmland, while Ruth was born in 1886 in Småland. They both came to Minnesota in 1904, but they did not know each other before immigrating. They met at the Swedish Tabernacle Church in downtown Minneapolis, where Otto…