Swedish Fiddler Gathering, MN Swedish Museum Gammelgarden, Swedish Farm museum
25th Annual Spelmanstämma Gammelgården Museum Celebration! Gammelgården means Old Farm in Swedish Spelman = Fiddler / Stämma = Gathering is a long held Swedish tradition for fiddlers to gather on a lovely day, play tunes and teach each other new music. The music has never been written, it is always shared by playing only!
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Saturday August 15, 2015
Celebrating the Immigrant Fiddle!
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:
10:00 am Museum Buildings and Exhibits, Art Fair & Food Booth Open
10:30 am Children’s activities until program begins
12:30 pm Scandia Community Band
01:00 pm Musicians Parade & Program
Gammelgården means Old Farm in Swedish. Visitors can step back in history and experience the lives of early Swedish immigrants in the only open air museum devoted to Swedish immigration in the United States.
Visit the many buildings on Gammelgården Museum's 11 acres site. Your tour guide will give a lots of information about the Välkommen Hus, Präst Hus, Gammel Kyrkan, Ladugård, Immigrant Hus and Swedish Stuga. Visitors can get a glimpse of the daily lives of these immigrants and participate in events and classes to learn more about the culture and times of the immigrants.
As evidenced by the town's name, Scandia has a rich Scandinavian heritage. Scandia was the site of what is believed to have been the first Swedish immigrant settlement in the State of Minnesota. In 1850, the first log cabin was built on the shores of Hay Lake. The first sanctuary of Elim Lutheran Church was built in 1856 on a site near Hay Lake.
Gammelgarden Museum is owned by Elim Lutheran Church and since 1972 has preserved, presented, and promoted Swedish immigrant heritage and history, with events such as Spelmansstämma, Midsommarafton, and Dalapalooza. The latter is a reference to the Dalecarlian horses the city has erected to welcome visitors, in much the same way Saint Paul, Minnesota uses Peanuts characters.
Visitor comments
The Gammelgarden Museum has a main building with Swedish art, furniture, etc., which was free to browse. I think some of the displays change from time to time. There was a special display of Swedish copper works. Also, in the main building is a gift shop with lots of Swedish items and foods at reasonable prices. The main attraction is the collection of farm buildings, a church and a house for a preacher. You can walk around and look in the windows, but don't expect to see much. We went back the next day to get the tour and it was well worth the cost. The tour guide knew his stuff. He made it fun and interesting and was able to answer all of our questions. This was my favorite place to visit in the Chisago Lakes area.
We love visiting the Gammelgarden on days when there are people dressed up and giving tours. It is a very fun and educational living history museum. Great for all ages.
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Gammelgarden Immigrant Fiddle Fest 2015 Scandia, MN
The Romantic Waltz and a Schottische at the Immigrant Fiddle Fest. August 15, 2015.
Scandia Minnesota waterfall
This waterfall is located in Scandia, Minnesota and really has no name, but I believe the name of the creek is Robinson Creek. I used to come here with friends in the late 80's to get away from the city heat. This is my first time recording the creek flowing from the falls. I guess I was in too much of a hurry to enjoy the trail when I was younger. There is another small fall above the larger one, maybe one day I'll get back to see that one.
2011 Gammelgården Museum Meatball Sandwiches
Scandia Taco Daze 2011. While waiting for the race, buy a meatball sandwich at Elim Patio for $3. 100% of the proceeds go to the repair of the Gammelkyrkan foundation at Gammelgården Museum in Scandia, MN
Executive Log Home, Scandia MN
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2014 Flooding of Ice Rinks in Scandia, Mn.
Drive through Lindstrom, MN during reconstruction.
Sorry about the shakiness and you may want to turn down the volume, since there is no sound other than the A/C in the car. This is a drive through of Lindstrom, MN during all the reconstruction of Hwy. 8. Pt1 of 2
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Driving to Scandia, MN, with the fall colors
Driving thru the fall colors to my parent's house in Scandia, MN.
Swedes from Minnesota
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Minnesota Swedes raising cane in Cuba
East Side Freedom Library, January 4, 2018
Marilyn McGriff will offer a powerpoint presentation, including images from her recent trip to Cuba.
Shortly after the Spanish-American war, a Minneapolis doctor bought a huge tract of land in eastern Cuba. He then urged fellow Swedish-American farmers to trade their overcoats and marginal land for short sleeves and a tropical paradise. Enough farmers and other laborers responded so that there was a viable Swedish American settlement for 20 years. Most returned to the United States. Some of their descendants were invited to participate in the 110th anniversary celebration in December. Of particular interest was the opening of a museum/gallery that features photos and paintings commemorating the influence of those hard-working northerners.
Marilyn McGriff, an East Sider, is a local historian who first heard about the Swedish-American settlement in Cuba when she was director of the Isanti County Historical Society during the 1980s. She soon discovered that there were several from that area who had participated. She began gathering photographs and stories and initially wrote an article for Minnesota History in 1999. “I thought I was done with the story, but it continues to grow.”
Here’s a link to the 1999 article:
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Scandia, Minnesota
This video shows you how to say or pronounce Scandia, Minnesota.
A computer said Scandia, Minnesota. How would you say Scandia, Minnesota?
Home For Sale - 21090 Olinda Trail North Scandia MN 55047
Home For Sale - 21090 Olinda Trail North Scandia MN 55047. For more information about our listings or our team visit twincitiesrealestate.properties/ or 14moves.com.
Visiting Friends in Sweden and Minnesota
Photo from Mankato Storm's trip to Malmo Sweden in 2008 and Backarnas FF's trip to Mankato, MN in 2009.
Thanks to Kristi Montandon for putting this compilation together!
Our Swedish Ancestry Isanti Minnesota, Inez, Alyce, and Amy Interviews
Old time interviews about farm life near Isanti Minnesota circa 1900, Inez (Ostberg) Remus, Alyce (Ostberg) Beaver, Amy (Ostberg) (Oleksa) Laube. Interviewed in 1979 Daughters of Pehr Ostberg. Pictures of the Peter Hogberg Farm 1888 and 1988. Ostberg farm 1903.
Minnesota Swedes Video
Images from my book Minnesota Swedes Vol 1, second edition revised (2015). For each of the individuals pictured there is an interview recorded in the 1990s. All were descendants or related to descendants of a large group of Swedish immigrants from Trolle Ljungby that settled in Goodhue County, 1855-1912. See amazon.com for printed book and the Kindle version.
Karl Oskar Day Parade, Lindstrom MN.mp4
Floating through Lindstrom, MN withTerra Nue Farm's Trebuchet.
Sweden Proposes 6 Hour Work Day
Some Swedish firms have trimmed the 40 hour work week down to 30 hours, Jason DeRusha, Kim Johnson, Kylie Bearse and Rachel Slavik report (3:05). WCCO Mid-Morning – Oct. 5, 2015
29970 Norelius Dr Lindstrom, MN 55045
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Finally last but not least would be the three season porch overlooking the bay taking in the beautiful sunsets obviously a great place to unwind after a long day at work or long weekend.
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Goodhue 7 from Vasa (Little Sweden) - VLog6
The first weekends of fall mark the last days of the riding season in Minnesota.
In an effort to find new places before the motorcycle is stored away, I come across Goodhue County Road 7, which begins in Vasa, MN.
Vasa, as it turns out, has quite a history in Swedish culture and immigration. So much so that a Swedish flag still flies above it.
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