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1. Nels and Anna Olson family, Thomson, Minnesota.

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Exterior view of a log home. The house was built by Anna's father Simon Palkie in 1873. Nels Olson was the first Swede in Thomson, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Young man showing off his muscles, Akeley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Young man holding a pose as if he is a weight lifter, in a room with a stove, sink, and Gold Bar Flour calendar. Possibly in Akeley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Young man sitting on a bed with a cat, Akeley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Man sitting on a bed next to a cat inside a modest home. Possibly in Akeley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Young man with gun and holster, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Young man in shirt and tie pointing a gun, standing next to a sign "135."
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Young men in suits near a woods, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men in suits holding caps, posed near a woods.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Young men on a picnic, Akeley, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Fifteen young men posed in a group, eating and drinking in the outdoors. Possibly in Akeley, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Young men posed in a yard, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men with their arms over each other's shoulder.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Young men smoking, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, Clark
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two young men in suits smoking in a woods.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Huber Nelson and Carl Johnson (dressed as a girl), Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Two young men, one dressed as a girl. "Svea, Minn" scratched into the negative for location identification.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Maria and Grace Swenson (child) with Celia Nelson, near Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Two women and small girl posed by a woodpile.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Svea dramatic club, Svea, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Sigfrid
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Ten members of a dramatic club, Vincent Swenson standing in center at back.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Hilma Berglund writing in her diary, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922-06-25
Description:
Textile artist Hilma Berglund from a snapshot found in her photo album.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Royal visit of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph and Crown Princess Lovise, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926
Description:
Group of formally dressed people posing with the Prince and Princess of Sweden. Group includes Hjalmar Nilsson.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Crown Prince at Swedish Institute with Mike Holm and Miss Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Visiting crown prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden poses with Lillian Turnblad and Mike Holm.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph and Crown Princess Louise at a luncheon at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Swedish royalty prepares to sit at a luncheon table , followed by a crowd outside the doors of a fairgrounds building. Prince Bertil is at right holding a white hat.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph, Crown Princess Louise and Prince Bertil being interviewed by reporters at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Three royals are surrounded by reporters during a visit by the Swedish royalty to Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf talks to General George Leach, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Two men speak in the library of the American Swedish Institute. General George E. Leach was mayor of Minneapolis from 1921-1929. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Burnette Peterson snapping the royal party at the Fairgrounds in July, 1938, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
A young woman in Swedish costume points a camera at Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and the royal party at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Crowds at the front gate of the American Swedish Institute during the visit of the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Mike Holm stands at the gate to the Turnblad mansion observing the crowd on Park Avenue. A photographer on the right photographs the crowd.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Louise at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Swedish royalty meet children at the fairgrounds.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf speaking at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
The Swedish crown prince speaks from a stage to a fully packed state fair grandstand crowd.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Mounted guard troops at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds during the visit of the Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Guard stands among horses and other guards near the grandstand at the Minnesota State Fair.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Swedish Crown Prince and Princess at Minnehaha Park pose beside a flower bed planted as the Swedish Flag, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
A crowd surrounds a Swedish flag flower bed. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, Princess Louise, and Governor Elmer Benson, stand to the side.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf escorted by Secretary of State Mike Holm down the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Mike Holm in a white suit is speaking with the Crown Prince during a royal visit to the Twin Cities.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf on stage at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
The Crown Prince, wearing glasses and holding a piece of paper, talks to officials on the stage. A small crowd of photographers stands in front of the stage while hundreds of onlookers populate the background.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Swedish royal party cortege in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-07
Description:
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Louise ride in an open car preceded by motorcycles. A camera crew is in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lillian Turnblad, only daughter of Swan J. Turnblad, wearing a hat and fur stole.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Lillian Turnblad, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lillian Turnblad wearing a fur stole.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Count Folke Bernadotte and Countess Estelle Bernadotte arriving for a visit, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1946-06-22
Description:
Count and Countess Bernadotte presented with flowers outside a Northwest Airlines plane.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Children at Svenskarnas Dag in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1946?
Description:
Children in Swedish costumes get ready to sing at Svenskarnas Dag.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Ulrich Steiner, woodcarver of some of the woodwork in the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Steiner was one of 18 carvers hired to work on the Turnblad mansion when he was 26 years old. He carved the cherubs in the music room and the wreath over the fireplace in the dining room. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. C. F. Hellstrom, Swedish consul in Minneapolis, made an honorary member of the Chippewa tribe by John L. Pemberton, right, chairman of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955-12
Description:
Headdress placed on Mr. Hellstrom at a pow wow at the American Swedish Institute. Inscription on front of photo reads, "The Chippewa honorary chief, 'The Lone Eagle C. F. Hellstrom'. "
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Svenskarnas Dag queen, Marcia Linner Swanson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1957
Description:
Swedish American woman who was crowned Svenskarnas Dag queen.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Elmer Albinson posing at the gates to the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Martin, E. L. "Bud"
Date Created:
1957-07
Description:
Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Prince Bertil of Sweden visits the exhibit "The Scandinavian Roots of Our State" at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958
Description:
Prince Bertil, in the center, shakes hands with Stanley Berglund while director Elmer Albinson looks on. The exhibit panel in the background features the earliest Norwegian settlers in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Prince Bertil of Sweden visits the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958-05-10
Description:
Prince Bertil stands in front of the American Swedish Institute with Elmer Albinson, at far left, Emerit M. Anson, Ambassador Eric Boheman, Prince Bertil (hand in jacket), Algoth F. Johnson, and Reuben W. Anderson (on right).
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Albert Carlson, Rudolph Bannow, and Emerit M. Anson at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Three successful men of Swedish ancestry pose by the fireplace at the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Artist Elof Wedin, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1962-01
Description:
Portrait of artist Elof Wedin posing in his studio at 3512 James Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Singer Birgit Nilsson visits the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1962-11-10
Description:
Looking down from the balcony at the American Swedish Institute at a reception crowd to welcome Swedish singer Birgit Nilsson, shaking hands in the lower right corner of the photo.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Nils William and Dagmar Olsson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Nils William Olsson was the director of the American Swedish Institute from 1967 to 1973.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Nils William Olsson and Theodore Norelius, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
Olsson was a director of the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Governor Wendell Anderson talking with King of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976
Description:
Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson speaks to the king of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. King Carl XVI of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976
Description:
The Swedish king reads about his ancestor, Gustaf III while standing in front of a portrait of King Gustaf.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. King Carl XVI of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976-04-10
Description:
King Carl XVI poses at the unveiling of the portrait of Gustav III at the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. King Carl XVI of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976-04-10
Description:
King Carl XVI with a group in the front portico of the American Swedish Institute building.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. American Swedish Institute president presents Prince Bertil and Princess Lillian of Sweden with a copy of the Institute's photo book, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Swedish royalty poses in the Turnblad mansion during their visit. Bernhard LeVander is the president of the American Swedish Institute and brother of Governor Harold LeVander.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Curtis and Arleen Carlson pose with Princess Lillian of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Princess Lillian, in center, poses with the Curt Carlsons during Prince Bertil's visit to the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Reception line for Prince Bertil of Sweden at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Prince Bertil, second from left, greets guests in lower level of American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Television reporter interviews Prince Bertil of Sweden in the dining room of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacobsen, Mel
Date Created:
1979-11-29
Description:
Swedish Prince Bertil sits in front of dining room fireplace at the American Swedish Institute as Bill Carlson, television interviewer, talks with the prince. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Dr. John Najarian, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
University of Minnesota doctor John Najarian and his wife Mignette at a gala, also with John Kendall.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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