Sweden Emigration and Immigration: Difference between revisions

=== Emigration from Sweden to Countries Other than North America  ===

Carl Eberhard Sjöstedt of Värmland along with his English wife came to Palmerston on South Island&nbsp;in 1842.&nbsp; Here he became a sucessful sheeprancher and&nbsp;"Mount Charles was named after him.&nbsp; He also was the owner of the&nbsp;modern hotel in &nbsp;Wellington.&nbsp; Both he and his wife died before reaching age 50 and left behind nine sons and one daughter.&nbsp; By 1988 the Suisted (formerly Sjöstedt) included more than 300 members living in New Zealand and Australia.<br><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247691833583_202" />

During the 1870's New Zealand had a great need for skillful lumberjacks.&nbsp; A selected group of Swedes and Norwegians with this skill were offered free passage to New Zealand.&nbsp; The first group consisted of 40 people, all of which were Norwegians with the exception of one family from Värmland.&nbsp; The husband, Nils Jönsson Bergqvist was born in Skåne&nbsp;and his wife, Johanna Augusta, was born in Karlskoga.&nbsp; Two children who were born to them&nbsp;in Sweden, one in Karlskoga and the other in Boda in 1869.&nbsp; They were the first Swedish family to arrived in New Zealand as "assisted passengers.  

One Swedish agent living in New Zealand was sent to Scandinavia to recruit emigrants.&nbsp; Most of the recruits came from&nbsp;Oslo, Norway&nbsp;and Copenhagen, Denmark.&nbsp; Most Swedes who were recruited from Värmland&nbsp;sailed from Oslo.&nbsp;&nbsp;  

From Värmland there was a total of 80 people who emigrated.&nbsp; Two families emigrated from&nbsp;Östervallskog in 1872 and&nbsp;two families from Östmark, one&nbsp;in 1875 and the other in 1877.&nbsp; A total of 12 people emigrated from Östmark, one person in 1886 and two in 1910.&nbsp;  

The total from Värmland was&nbsp;about 80 people, with 15 leaving around 1900.&nbsp; From other parishes in Värmland the number of emigrants to New Zealand varied from one to four people.