The Swedish American Center, a national institute for migration studies and
cultural exchange
Cultural diplomacy is a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art, language and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding". The purpos ...
, was founded in 1960 when 100,000 Swedes emigrated to the United States.
The Center serves as a continuation of the activities initiated by the Emigrantregistret/Kinship Center. The Swedish American Center is located in new premises at the Residence in central
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...
.
The Magazine
The Swedish American Center collaborates with The Swedish Council of America to release a quarterly magazine named ''Sweden & America''. The magazine is published in
both Swedish and English editions.
References
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External links
Swedish American Center websitePage about the Center on Visitvarmland.se
Swedish-American history
Karlstad
Organizations established in 2009
Transatlantic cultural exchange