Swedish Historical Society of America

The Swedish Historical Society of America (SHSA) was founded in Chicago on July 22, 1905. The name of the organization was then the Swedish-American Historical Society. It was discovered, however, that an earlier, but at the time defunct, society founded in 1889 was still officially listed among the Illinois corporations as the Swedish-American Historical Society. This led the later organization to change its name to the Swedish Historical Society of America, and it was so incorporated on April 10, 1908. In 1921 the organization moved its headquarters to St. Paul, Minnesota.

The objects of the society, as stated in its constitution of 1905, were to promote the study of the history of the Swedes in America and of their descendants; to collect a library and a museum along these lines; to issue publications relating to their history; and to encourage the study of Swedish history and literature. Although the Society's membership was national in scope, it never exceeded 500.

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