''Swedes in America'' is a 1943 American

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directed by

Irving Lerner Irving Lerner (March 7, 1909, New York City – December 25, 1976, Los Angeles) was an American filmmaker. Biography Before becoming a filmmaker, Lerner was a research editor for Columbia University's Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, getting h ...

and produced by the Overseas Motion Picture Bureau of the

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. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

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''Swedes in America''
at the

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