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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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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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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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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School New Sweden, Maine New Sweden Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota New Sweden, Texas, remnants of a Swedish settlement near Austin New Sweden (yacht)...
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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 the easternmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf...
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Midsummer (redirect from Swedish Midsummer)
and 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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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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connection from Vanceboro, Maine, with Saint John, New Brunswick, in the 1860s. The Canadian portion of this line was absorbed by the New Brunswick Railway, which...
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Anders and Johanna Olsson Farm (category Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
and 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...
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"Rudy Vallee: Franco-American and Man from Maine," Maine Historical Society Quarterly 1993 33(1): 2-19 "New Sweden". Perceived Barriers to Somali Immigrant...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nicholas P. Clase House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
its junction with Capitol Hill Road, in New Sweden, Maine. It is a log structure, built in 1874 by a Swedish immigrant to the area, and is one of a small...
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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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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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Pehr J. Jacobson House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
historic log house at 452 New Sweden Road (Maine State Route 161) in New Sweden, Maine. It was built c. 1870 by one of the first Swedish immigrants drawn to...
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borders Madawaska County, New Brunswick, many of the residents are bilingual in English and Acadian French. Elsewhere in Maine, New England French is the...
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Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Larsson–Noak Historic District, New Sweden, Maine Stearns Hill Farm, West Paris, Maine Maryland Oakland Mills Blacksmith House and Shop...
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transcription delimiters. The Maine accent is the local traditional accent of Eastern New England English spoken in parts of Maine, especially along the "Down...
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sister cities in the United States states of New England (i.e., Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Sister...
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Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,232 at the 2020 census. The population of the town more than triples during...
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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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U.S. Route 302 (redirect from U.S. Route 302 (Maine))
northern New England in the United States. It currently runs 171 miles (275 km) from Montpelier, Vermont, beginning at US 2, to Portland, Maine, at U.S...
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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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