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article 625
From: [email protected] (Anders Andersson)
Subject: Utvandrare (was Re: Yankees)
Organization: Uppsala University, Sweden
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Bill Dippert)
writes:
>Also, most Swedes probably are aware of this, but there were large Swedish
>areas settled in Minnesota. Again, probably due to similar climate, etc.
Yes, I find Vilhelm Moberg's four-volume emigrant/immigrant novel a
very good account of the life of the early settlers there. I understand
his works are popular among Americans in general as well, right? They
provided great reading in high school.
There have also been lots of documentaries on Swedish TV on the various
places of interest in the USA. Besides Minnesota, there is the city of
Lindsborg, Kansas, which seems to have preserved a very "Swedish"
character. In nearby Saline (?) county both "Falun" and "Smolan" can be
found (the latter being a dialectal form of the southern Swedish
province of Sm}land). I've randomly scanned some US maps, finding
several places like "Mora" and even "Uppsala", if my memory serves me
right.
Just a few kilometers outside the "real" Uppsala, Sweden, there is a
small village called "Danmark". Now, what on Earth does that tell us..?
:-)
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Anders Andersson, Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University
Paper Mail: P.O. Box 520, S-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden Phone: +46 18 183170
EMail: [email protected]
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| From: [email protected] (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Query viz. Sweden and dual citizenship
Date: 22 Mar 90 09:21:39 GMT
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
> What are the chances that Swedish authorities would find out about
> a Swede acquiring another citizenship? What would they do?
If they found out, you would likely be asked to renounce one
citizenship. A common situation is dual U.S. - Swedish citizenship,
since all children born on U.S. territory become U.S. citizens and all
children born of Swedish parents become Swedish citizens. In this case
I believe the children can keep their dual citizenship until the age
of 18, when they must renounce one.
Lars-Henrik Eriksson Internet: [email protected]
Swedish Institute of Computer Science Phone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09
Box 1263 Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09
S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN
From: [email protected] (David Walden)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
Subject: Re: Query viz. Sweden and dual citizenship
Date: 22 Mar 90 22:04:15 GMT
Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute
[email protected] (Lars-Henrik Eriksson) writes:
> [email protected] writes:
>> What are the chances that Swedish authorities would find out about
>> a Swede acquiring another citizenship? What would they do?
>
>If they found out, you would likely be asked to renounce one citizenship. A
>common situation is dual U.S. - Swedish citizenship, since all children born
>on U.S. territory become U.S. citizens and all children born of Swedish
>parents become Swedish citizens. In this case I believe the children can keep
>their dual citizenship until the age of 18, when they must renounce one.
Not if you are female! My local Swedish spy has twin sisters who were
born of Swedish parents in North America. Upon their turning 18, their
parents contacted the Swedish government which said that it is OK for
them to have dual citizenship. This policy was adopted sometime in the
past 12 years, perhaps very recently. The situation may be different
for males of military service age, of course, and it's not known what
effect a sex-change operation would have.
Dave Walden
[email protected]
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