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Swedish Pavilion is an historic site at Mill Street in Lindsborg, Kansas. Designed by Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg, the Pavilion was built as an international exposition building for the 1904
St. Louis World's Fair The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 milli ...
. After the fair, the Pavilion was moved to Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, where it was used for classroom, library, museum and department facilities for the art department. The Swedish Pavilion was moved to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, also in
Lindsborg Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,776. Lindsborg is known for its large Swedish, other Nordic and Scandinavian Americans ( Nordic- Scandinavian), and German ...
, in 1969. The facility is used for cultural heritage events at the museum. The Pavilion was added to the National Historic Register in 1973. During the
royal visit A state visit is a formal visit by a head of state to a foreign country, at the invitation of the head of state of that foreign country, with the latter also acting as the official host for the duration of the state visit. Speaking for the host ...
of Swedish King
Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Du ...
to the United States in 1976, he toured the Swedish Pavilion as part of festivities in Lindsborg.


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McPherson County Old Mill Museum
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Buildings and structures in McPherson County, Kansas Swedish-American culture in Kansas World's fair architecture in the United States Lindsborg, Kansas National Register of Historic Places in McPherson County, Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub