• Sweden is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 406 at the 2020 census. Set among hills, forests and ponds, Sweden includes...
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    New Sweden is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 577 at the 2020 census. Starting in 1870, a Swedish-immigrant colony...
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    The Maine Coon is a large domesticated cat breed. It is one of the oldest natural breeds in North America. The breed originated in the U.S. state of Maine...
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    Maine (/meɪn/ MAYN) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States, and the easternmost state. It borders New Hampshire to the...
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  • United States Sweden, Georgia, a ghost town Sweden, Maine, a town Sweden, Missouri, an unincorporated community Sweden, New York, a town Sweden, South Carolina...
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  • New Sweden, Maine New Sweden Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota New Sweden, Texas, remnants of a Swedish settlement near Austin New Sweden (yacht), a...
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    their Swedish heritage. (Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, while Jämtland and Västmanland are Swedish provinces.) The town of New Sweden, Maine, celebrates...
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    Starting in 1870, a Swedish-immigrant colony was established by the State of Maine in Aroostook County. On March 23, 1870, the Maine State Legislature passed...
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  • Einar Gustafson (category People from Aroostook County, Maine)
    charity of the Boston Red Sox in 1953. Einar Gustafson was born in New Sweden, Maine on August 18, 1935. Growing up on a potato farm, Gustafson would walk...
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    Maine is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1...
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    Midsummer (redirect from Swedish Midsummer)
    features a maypole year-round. New Sweden, Maine. Ever since 51 Swedish immigrants came to Aroostook County, Maine in 1870, supported by a Legislative...
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    William W. Thomas Jr. (category Politicians from Portland, Maine)
    notable was his effort to bring Swedish colonists to northern Maine and later founding the community of New Sweden, Maine in 1870. He is also noted for...
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    a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,418 at the 2020 census. A resort area in Maine's Lakes Region, Bridgton is home...
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    Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April...
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  • Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X. "Sweden Maine: An Encyclopedia". 7 April 2012. "Hallam, NE - Historical Background"...
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    2008. Lenentine, Charlotte The Swedish People of Northern Maine (University of Maine. 1950) Hede, Richard Maine's Swedish Colony 1870–1970 Centennial Book...
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  • Maine Pyar Kiya (transl. I've loved) also known by the initialism MPK is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Sooraj Barjatya...
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    Norsjö (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    Körberg, and American author Charlotte Agell, who currently resides in Maine, United States. Norsjö also plays a part in the Stieg Larsson novel The...
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  • The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two...
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    Oliver Wahlstrom (category Ice hockey people from Maine)
    Cumberland, Maine. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Sweden through his father, Joakim Wahlstrom. His father played at the University of Maine before...
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    Public transportation in Maine is available for all four main modes of transport—air, bus, ferry and rail—assisting residents and visitors without their...
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    building on Wilkins and Hebron Streets in Monson, Maine. The church was established by Swedish immigrants to Maine and built by them in 1890. It is architecturally...
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    Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 7,396 at the 2020 census. The city is a service center...
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    Pommeau (redirect from Pommeau du Maine)
    covering manufacture in Brittany, Normandy and Maine: Pommeau de Bretagne, Pommeau de Normandie and Pommeau du Maine. "France's cognac country: So much to drink...
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    Maine East High School, or Maine East, and officially Maine Township High School East, is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Dempster...
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    ə-ROO-stək; French: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–United States border. As of the 2020 census, the population...
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    Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church (category Swedish-American culture in Maine)
    historic church at 29 Capitol Hill Road in New Sweden, Maine. The congregation was established by Swedish immigrants to the area in 1871, and the Gothic...
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  • Timmerhuset (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
    Jemtland Road in New Sweden, Maine. Probably built sometime between 1871 and 1875, it is the oldest known surviving example of Swedish immigrant log construction...
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  • Retrieved 2023-11-18. "New Sweden Today". Maine Swedish Colony. Retrieved 2 March 2015. "New Sweden". Aroostook County, Maine. Archived from the original...
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  • Anders and Johanna Olsson Farm (category Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
    Johanna Olsson Farm is a historic farmstead at 354 West Road in New Sweden, Maine, United States. It includes surviving elements of both a log house and...
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