These schools aided Scandinavian immigrants with assimilating into American culture.
Scandinavian immigrants came to this area a century ago and built a vibrant logging industry.
The state was especially interested in recruiting Scandinavian immigrants, who were considered to have good moral character.
At rock bottom, they were each Scandinavian immigrants who had settled in another land and taken over from its ruling aristocracy.
Counties in the western part of the state tend to be liberal, a tradition passed down from Scandinavian immigrants.
Scandinavian immigrants in the Midwest took control over marketing through the organization of cooperatives.
Scandinavian immigrants bought land and began farming in 1891.
Historically, the area was settled by Scandinavian immigrants, mainly from Sweden, starting in the 1880s.
Some people attribute these qualities to socialist traditions brought to the city by Scandinavian immigrants.
Most of the people who settled on the island were Scandinavian immigrants, especially Icelanders.