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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Three waves of emigration from Sweden
Some of the earliest Swedish emigration to North America took place in the 1840’s when groups under the direction of charismatic leaders, often from a single geographic area, established communities in the New World. Peter Cassel a farmer and miller from Kisa in Östergötland was typical of these figures leading a group of emigrants to found a colony in Iowa they called “New Sweden”. The religious leader, Erik Jansson from Biskopskulla in Uppland led a group of followers from Hälsingland to Illinois and founded Bishop’s Hill. A third example of this group emigration was the company of students that Gustaf Unonius brought with his family to Pine Lake in Wisconsin. |