Hundreds of Swedish-language newspapers were published in the United States from 1850 onward, catering to America's Swedish immigrant communities. Use this online portal to learn more about these newspapers, and to search over 300,000 digitized newspaper pages from 32 different Swedish American newspaper titles published across the United States between 1857 and 2007.

You can help improve the newspaper search results and create a richer experience for all users by using the Text Correction Tool and User Annotation Tool. When newspaper pages are added to the system, the pages are "read" and digital text is created by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. Sometimes the software "mis-reads" words on the page – leading to gaps and omissions in the search results when a user performs a search. With the Text Correction Tool, users can look for and fix mistakes in any page's digital text, which will improve search results for future users. With the User Annotation Tool users can add comments and tags to newspaper articles, which can help create connections and provide context for the newspapers. Learn more about using the Collaborative OCR Text Correction Tool and the User Annotation Tool.

Swedish American Newspapers was created through a partnership of the Minnesota Historical Society, Kungliga biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), the American Swedish Institute, and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Funding for digitization was provided by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and the King Gustaf VI Adolf's Fund for Swedish Culture. Funding for online access was provided by the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.