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Swedish American

Ethnic group
Notable Swedish Americans: Jake Gyllenhaal • Carl Sandburg Uma Thurman • William Rehnquist Charles Lindbergh • Jennifer Granholm Buzz Aldrin • Steven Soderbergh • Greta Garbo
Group	Sweden Swedish American US Svenskamerikan
Population date	Swedish 4,390,058 1.4% of the US population
Significant populations	Midwestern United States, especially Minnesota

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Swedish Americans are Americans of Swedish descent, especially the descendants of about 1.2 million immigrants from Sweden during 1885-1915. Most were Lutherans who affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), or Methodists.

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