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The database for Swedish-American historical newspapers has been updated with hundreds of new digitized titles. The update will provide new avenues of research into new titles, deepening our understanding of the Swedish-American media landscape as well as the everyday lives of Swedish-American labor activists, evangelicals, temperance activists, and much much more. Hundreds of Swedish-language newspapers […]

The Swedish American Historical Society has recently published Migration, Modernity, and Meaning: Studies of Sweden and America, Essays in Honor of Dag Blanck. The book is a compilation of 46 essays by 49 contributors in honor of longtime Society Board member and academic Dag Blanck. The book, or festschrift, honors Blanck’s contributions to the field

The Swedish Association for American Studies will hold its 13th conference at the Swedish Emigrant Institute in Växjö, from lunch on Thursday, October 8, 2026 to lunch on Friday, October 9, 2026. We are honored to feature Gunlög Fur, Professor at Linnaeus University, as the keynote speaker. Read more about the conference here.

The 2025 SAAS Newsletter is now published and accessible here. Documenting the state of the field of North American Studies in Sweden, the newsletter covers research, published works, and teaching during the year of 2024.