The following is a list of notable Swedish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Swedish American or must have references showing they are Swedish American and are notable.
Nena von Schlebrügge, fashion model in the 1950s and 1960s; born in Mexico but of German and Swedish descent; mother of actress Uma Thurman
Steven Soderbergh, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and Oscar-winning director, of part Swedish descent[31]
Artists
John Alvin Anderson, Swedish-American photographer who is known for photographing Sioux Indians at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota from 1885 until 1930
Carl Oscar Borg, Swedish-born, painter, known for themes of the Southwestern United States[32]
Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter noted for his religious and patriotic works. He is perhaps best known for his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of George Washington praying at Valley Forge.
Ernst Julius Berg, Swedish-born, American electrical engineer. A pioneer of radio, he produced the first two-way radio voice program in the United States
Stig Bergström, Swedish-American paleontologist who described the conodont family Paracordylodontidae and in 1974, he described the multielement conodont genus Appalachignathus from the Middle Ordovician of North America
Chester Carlson, physicist, inventor, and patent attorney[52]
John Ericsson, Swedish-born, inventor and mechanical engineer[53]
Carl Friden, Swedish-born, American mechanical engineer and businessman who founded the Friden Calculating Machine Company
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, Swedish-born parents, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, considered one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design-engineers[54]
John B. Johnson, Swedish-born, electrical engineer and physicist
Clarence Hugo Linder, of Swedish descent, electrical engineer, founding member of the National Academy of Engineering
John W. Nystrom, engineer[56] Swedish born, American civil engineer, inventor, and author. He served as an assistant Secretary and Chief Engineer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Arvid Reuterdahl, Swedish-American engineer, scientist and educator
Ragnar Benson, Swedish-born building contractor & philanthropist
John L. Anderson (shipbuilder), preeminent figure in Washington state maritime industries in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly ferry service, shipbuilding, and ship-based tourism. He ran the largest ferry fleet on Lake Washington for three decades.
Asplundh Tree Expert Company, American company which specializes in tree pruning and vegetation management for utilities and government agencies and was founded by three Swedish-American brothers
John Brynteson, Swedish-born, Alaskan mining executive[58]
Walter Hoving, Swedish-born, head of Tiffany & Company
Andrew Johnson (architect), Swedish–American architect and contractor. He designed 61 documented or attributed buildings in Panola County, Mississippi and at least 16 more in North Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Josua Lindahl, Swedish American geologist and paleontologist. He was a professor at Augustana College from 1878 to 1888, then was Illinois State Geologist until 1893. He is the namesake of the extinct Cyprinidae subspecies Aphelichthys lindahlii
Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer, who pioneered tourism to many remote and exotic parts of the world. He led the first tourist expedition to Antarctica in 1966
Erik Lindblom, Swedish-born, Alaskan mining executive[58]
Buzz Aldrin, pilot and astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing[73]
Eric Bergland, Swedish-born American military officer who fought in the American Civil War as a volunteer officer, graduated from West Point at the top of his class, served his adopted country with distinction as an officer of the regular army, a professor of his alma mater, and a Western explorer, and married a cousin of the wife of president Rutherford B. Hayes
Arthur_C._Lundahl, was responsible for establishing the Central Intelligence Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center, a forerunner of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and led the photointerpretation section of the U-2 reconnaissance program.
Hans Mattson, Swedish American politician. He served with distinction as a colonel in the American Civil War (1861–65) and in 1869 became the Minnesota Secretary of State. He later served as United States Consul General in India
Gregory J. Newell, former US Ambassador to Sweden (1985–1989); US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1982–1985); former assistant secretary of State for President Ronald Reagan[93]
William Rehnquist, lawyer, jurist and a political figure, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States[95]
Adam Strohm, Swedish-American librarian. Strohm served as chief librarian of the Detroit Public Library from 1912 until his retirement in 1941
David Ivar Swanson, Swedish-American Illinois state representative for the Republican Party who served 24 years in the Illinois state legislature between the years 1922-46 and 1948–50
Earl Warren, California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969);[98] of Swedish and Norwegian descent
G. Aaron Youngquist, Swedish-American lawyer and public prosecutor. He served as Minnesota Attorney General and as the Assistant U.S. Attorney General who successfully prosecuted Al Capone for federal income tax evasion
Alexander P. Anderson, was an American plant physiologist, botanist, educator and inventor. His scientific experiments led to the discovery of "puffed rice", a starting point for a new breakfast cereal that was later advertised as "Food Shot From Guns"
Ernst Antevs, was a Swedish-American geologist and educator who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology
Hugo Leander Blomquist, was a Swedish-born American botanist. His well-rounded expertise encompassed fungi, bacteria, bryophytes, algae, grasses, and ferns
Anton Julius Carlson, was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was Chairman of the Physiology Department at the University of Chicago from 1916 until 1940
Otto Folin, was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University
Fritiof Fryxell, was an American educator, geologist and mountain climber, best known for his research and writing on the Teton Range of Wyoming
Lennart Heimer, was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe and basal ganglia, structures that play central roles in emotion processing and movement
John Bertrand Johnson, Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist. He first explained in detail a fundamental source of random interference with information traveling on wires
Torkel Korling, Swedish-born American industrial, commercial, portrait and botanical photographer
Ludwig Kumlien, was an American ornithologist. He took part in the Howgate Polar Expedition 1877-78 and collected a large number of bird specimens which led to the discovery of several new species
Thure Kumlien, was a Swedish-American ornithologist, naturalist, and taxidermist. A contemporary of Thoreau, Audubon, and Agassiz, he contributed much to the knowledge of the natural history of Wisconsin and its birds
John Bernhard Leiberg, Swedish-American botanical explorer, forester, and bryologist
Paco Lagerstrom, was an applied mathematician and aeronautical engineer
Roger Tory Peterson naturalist, ornithologist, illustrator and educator, held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement, his father was a Swedish immigrant
Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the long waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves
Per Axel Rydberg, Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize laureate, chemist prominent in the discovery and isolation of ten transuranic elements including plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and seaborgium, which was named in his honor[110]
Thorsten Sellin, was a Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology
Folke K. Skoog, Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators
Orvar Swenson, Swedish-born American pediatric surgeon. He discovered the cause of Hirschsprung's disease and in 1948, with Alexander Bill, performed the first pull-through operation in a child with megacolon
J. E. Wallace Wallin, was an American psychologist and an early proponent of educational services for the mentally handicapped
Nils Yngve Wessell, was a Swedish-American psychologist and the eighth president of Tufts University from 1953 to 1966, overseeing its transformation from a small liberal arts college to an internationally known research university
Peter Jansen Wester, was a Swedish-American agricultural botanist. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1897. Wester worked in several agricultural offices from 1897 to 1903, including leading the United States Department of Agriculture's experiment station and experimental plots for subtropical plants in Miami.
Olof B. Widlund, Swedish-American mathematician. He is well known for his leading role in and fundamental contributions to domain decomposition methods
Victor Davis Hanson, military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics
James Jerpe, Pittsburgh sportswriter with a Swedish immigrant father and second-generation Swedish-American mother[116]
Gustavo A. Mellander, historian, columnist, political commentator, university administrator, college president; honored by the United States House of Representatives, 1985
Emory Lindquist, was the president of Bethany College (1943–1953) in Lindsborg, Kansas and Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas (1963–1968). He also served as a professor and authored many articles and books, especially regarding Swedish-American history
H. S. "Andy" Anderson, Swedish-American woodcarver, one of the recognized masters of 20th-century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving and caricature carving
Bo Andersson, former General Motors executive, and present President/CEO of GAZ Group
William Lee Bergstrom, commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time amounting to $777,000 ($2.41 million present day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won
Oscar Broneer, was a prominent Swedish American educator and archaeologist known in particular for his work on Ancient Greece. He is most associated with his discovery of the Temple of Isthmia, an important Panhellenic shrine dating from the seventh century B.C.
Paul Carlson, was an American physician and medical missionary who served in Congo. He was killed in 1964 by rebel insurgents after being falsely accused of being an American spy
Victor Carlstrom, was a record-holding Swedish-American pioneer aviator. He set a cross-America flight air speed record
Neil Erickson, Swedish-born American pioneer in Cochise County, Arizona
Eric Enstrom, Swedish-born American photographer. He became famous for his 1918 photograph of Charles Wilden in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo is now known as "Grace" and depicts Wilden saying a prayer over a simple meal
Axel Erlandson, was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus"
Frank Erickson, was Arnold Rothstein's right-hand man and New York's largest bookmaker during the 1930s and 40s
Febold Feboldson, is an American folk hero who was a Swedish American plainsman and cloudbuster from Nebraska
Eric A. Hegg, Swedish-American photographer who portrayed the people in Skagway, Bennett and Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush from 1897 to 1901
Olof Jonsson, Swedish-born engineer and psychic, famous for his long-distance telepathy experiment during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971
Gary Larson, Swedish-American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series
Charles Lindbergh, pioneering aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927[121]
Jon Lindbergh, is a former underwater diver from the United States. He has worked as a United States Navy demolition expert and as a commercial diver, and was one of the world's earliest aquanauts in the 1960s. He was also a pioneer in cave diving. He is the oldest surviving child of aviator Charles Lindbergh
Raymond Nels Nelson, Chief of Staff Senator Claiborne Pell, R.I., former Bureau Chief, Providence Journal, unsolved murder 1981
Frank Olson, biochemist, he was covertly given LSD in the CIA's MKUltra program
Sigurd F. Olson, author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness
Ingrid Pedersen, was a Swedish-American aviator; first female pilot to fly over the North Pole
Eric P. Quain, was a Swedish-born physician who co-founded the Quain and Ramstad Clinic in Bismarck, North Dakota. He also served as head of surgical services in France for the United States Army during World War I.
Tom Rolf, was a Swedish-born American film editor who worked on at least 48 feature films in a career spanning over fifty years. Famous for editing Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese.
Calvin Rutstrum, author of wilderness camping experiences and techniques books
Olaf Swenson, was a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the 20th century. His career intersected with activities of notable explorers of the period, and with the Russian Civil War. He is credited with leading the rescue of the Karluk survivors from Wrangel Island in 1914
Ivor Thord-Gray, Swedish-born, adventurer, ethnologist and linguist[123]
Jon Winroth, was an American wine critic who wrote for The New York Times
^born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden
^"Ann-Margret Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com". Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006.; named the Swedish American of the Year, has performed for the King and Queen of Sweden
^Swedish immigrant paternal grandparents. Bergen is a Swedish-American according to [1]; she is Swedish on her father's side [2]
^Swedish immigrant parents NY Times bio calls him a Swedish-American
^"Soaps Community - Nadia Bjorlin fans!!". Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2006. "Swedish-Persian", born in the US to a Swedish father, composer/conductor Ulf Björlin, and a Persian mother
^"Swedes in Hollywood: Not just Greta Garbo - SWEDEN.SE". Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. [3] Swedish-born, became US citizen
^"Obituary: Signe Hasso | Independent, the (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2006.[4] Swedish born, became US citizen
^http://www.lethargiclad.com/tor/bio.html Swedish-born, became US citizen
^(Swedish-born father)TomFolio.com: Van Johnson, Author Autograph Sample, Book List Link, Search Books Available
^Swedish immigrant grandfather. Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at Famous Swedish Americans
^"Helen Lindroth". New York Times. 1956-10-12. pp. 29
^McDougall, A. J. (February 13, 2024). "Dolph Lundgren Finally Becomes a U.S. Citizen". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^"Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^Sviggum, Silje Kathrine (February 14, 2024). "Dolph Lundgren og Emma Krokdal ble amerikanere: – Feiret med treningsøkt". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^Carlotta Nillson, Veteran Actress-The New York Times; January 1, 1952 Obituary
^perhaps best known for playing Charlie Chan.Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans; Swedish-
born
^Nancy Olson Biography
^Sullivan - referred to as a Swedish-American at Yahoo[permanent dead link]; mother is from Sweden"WVAH Fox 11: Erik per Sullivan on Malcolm in the Middle". Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
^Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans
^"Portrait of a Voiceover Actress" [interview] by Ray Sidman, Comic Buyers Guide, #1631 (August 2007), pp. 36-38
^"Cover Profile - Viva! Atlanta". Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
^Born Irene Ahlberg 6/11 1910 in New York (father from Sweden, mother from New York), died 6/3 1993 in Orange, California. According to : http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=31851738
^The Rainbow Bridge (a biography of Olive Fremstad) (Mary Watkins Cushing, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. Library of Congress Catalog card number 54:10494)
^Referred to as Swedish-American at Swedish Americans; Swedish parents
^http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/j/joehill.html immigrant from Gästrikland, Sweden
^Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at
^Peggy Lee Tribute Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
^"Elle Varner Talks Ethnicity & Michael Jackson's Prank on Her Mom". YouTube.
^"Final Dawes Rolls". United States Government. May 12, 1907.
^Gyllenhaal is referred to as a "Swedish-American" at Maggie Gyllenhaal, he has one Swedish great-grandfather
^http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7899 Noted "I'm Swedish" regarding his ethnicity
^Carl Oscar Borg, Artist of the American West (by Marlene R. Miller) Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
^(Antiques and Fine Art)
^Hildebrand, Carver Edstrom. David Edstrom, Swedish American Sculptor (Swedish American Genealogist, 10, 1: 17–29 March 1990)
^Named one of "24 Famous Swedish Americans"
^Paul Granlund (Gustavus Adolphus College)
^Ask Art. Knute Heldner
^Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, American Colonial Portraits, 1700-1776, Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987
^Doud, Richard K., John Hesselius: His Life and Work (Masters Thesis to the University of Delaware, 1963)
^A Prairie Dream Recaptured (American Heritage, by David G. Lowe. October 1969. Volume 20, Issue 6) "AmericanHeritage.com / A Prarie Dream Recaptured". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
^Ann Japenga (California Desert Art)
^artist known for seascapes and depictions of New Mexico’s indigenous culture.Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)
^Arvid Frederick Nyholm Biography (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)
^Biography of Claes Oldenburg Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
^/ Sculpture intervention at Seattle Art Museum
^"Biography - Susan Mohl Powers". SMP Installations. Sailshade Studios, Inc. 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
^http://www.kshs.org/portraits/sandzen_birger.htm Swedish born, immigrated to the United States
^http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm Swedish-American; parents were Swedish
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago Manuscript Collection #35, Exhibition by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago 1911-1982.
^http://www.bookrags.com/sciences/earthscience/alexanderson-ernst-frederik-werner--mee-01.html born in Uppsala, Sweden, immigrated to the US
^Referred to as Swedish-American at
^https://web.archive.org/web/20031022001649/http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ericsson.html born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, primarily active in the US
^http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/cjohnson.html The seventh of nine children of impoverished Swedish immigrants
^http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/articles/archive/nyquistsuite.html ; immigrant, born in Nilsby, Sweden
^Referred to as "Swedish-American" at
^Mentioned growing up in Sweden at
^ a b"The Nome Gold Rush (by Larry Gedney. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks)". Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
^The Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association)
^Rockford Small Business Collection (Rockford, Illinois Regional History Center) Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
^A Brief History of Indian Motorcycle Dick Scott's Indian Motorcycle Detroit
^A tribute to Erik Jonsson
^The Swedish Element in Illinois: Survey of the Past Seven Decades (by Ernst Wilhelm Olson, Swedish-American Biographical Association. 1917)
^Pacific Coast and Exposition Biographies (by John P. Young. Chronicle Publishing Company San Francisco, California, 1915) [5]
^About P.A. Peterson (P.A. Peterson Center for Health) Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
^Rudolph A. Peterson, 98; Extended Global Reach of Bank of America (Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2003) [6]
^"Lustron, the House America's Been Waiting for | Carl Strandlund | WOSU Stations". Archived from the original on December 19, 2003. Retrieved March 22, 2006.
^David Harris, Swanson Saga: End of a Dream (The New York Times, 9 September 1979)
^S. M. Swenson and the Development of the SMS Ranches (Swenson, Gail. University of Texas, 1960)
^"55 Years at Testor," Rockford Register Star, May 12, 1994
^"Hd.se - Släktforskning". Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
^"About Us". Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. was named "Swedish-American of the Year"
^Alford, Kenneth D. Nazi Plunder: Great Treasure Stories of World War II. New York: Da Capo Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-306-81241-5
^Corley, Robert G. and Marvin Yeomans Whiting, editors (July 1979) Dedication. Journal of the Birmingham Historical Society. Vol. 6, No. 2
^The Story of the Fifty-fifth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (A Committee of the Regiment, W. J. Coulter. 1887)
^MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | Elmer L. (Lee) Andersen Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
^"MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | C. (Clyde) Elmer Anderson". Archived from the original on March 1, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2007.
^"Intl Human Rights Day". Archived from the original on December 30, 2005. Retrieved May 16, 2006. is "Swedish Consul Emeritus"
^"MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | J. A. A. (Joseph Alfred Arner) Burnquist". Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2007.
^ a b"George Bush - värmlänning". April 3, 2006.
^Described as son of Swedish immigrants at In Minnesota, it's politics as unusual Tampa Bay Times. July 16, 1994.
^bioguide.congress.gov
^Mamie Doud Eisenhower (The Chronicle. American Swedish Historical Foundation: Winter 1954-1955. Volume 1, Number 4. Philadelphia PA. : 1955)
^"MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota | Orville L. (Lothrop) Freeman". Archived from the original on December 30, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2007.
^Not Politics As Usual (Nordic Reach. July 1, 2002)
^http://www.loffe.net/
^Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia
^named as one of "24 Famous Swedish Americans"
^"MNHS.ORG : Governors of Minnesota: Harold (Karl Harold Phillip) LeVander". Archived from the original on February 21, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
^http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_16.htm Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine "ethnic background: Swedish"
^"CHARLES A. LINDBERGH AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society". Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2014. born in Stockholm, Sweden
^Swedish American Historical Quarterly - 1986-1997 Archived 2006-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
^"Elder Renlund: Real Power in Combining Family History with Temple - Church News and Events". ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
^Andreas Rudman and his Family (by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig. Swedish Colonial News, Volume 2, Number 1 . Winter 2000) "Pastor Andreas Rudman and his Family". Archived from the original on November 15, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
^"About Our Town | Town of Merton Wisconsin".
^"Carl D. Anderson – Biographical". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved February 4, 2024. born of Swedish parents
^"Glenn T. Seaborg – Biographical". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved February 4, 2024. named Swedish American of the Year by Vasa Order of America
^"Oilers forward Matt Hendricks earns team Masterton nomination". Edmonton Sun. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
^http://www.thegoal.com/players/coaching/holmgren_mike/holmgran_mike.html Raised in a Swedish-American family
^University of Minnesota Gophers
^Award Winners - Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Archived 2006-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
^https://archive.today/20130130120051/http://www.nordicway.com/search/Famous%20Swedish%20Americans.htm listed as one of "FAMOUS SWEDISH AMERICANS"
^Special to the Post (July 2, 1913). "Sports Writer's Father Dies; Andrew H. Jerpe, Master Mechanic, Succumbs to Heart Failure". The Pittsburgh Post. p. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
^referred to as a Swedish-American at Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
^An Immigrant's American Odyssey: A Biography of Ernst Skarstedt (Emory Lindquist, Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Historical Society, 1974)
^"The son of a Chippewa house painter and a Swedish-American mother "Creating a Literature of Native Presence". Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2006."
^The Founders of the Graduate College (by Robert Knoll, Professor Emeritus of English. University of Nebraska-Lincoln January 13, 2000)[7] [permanent dead link]
^Named as one of "24 Famous Swedish Americans"
^Wentz, Paul (February 1950). "Engraving Pin Heads". American Horologist & Jeweler
^"Gustaf Hallströms fotografisamling (Forskningsarkivet)". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2010.