"The Other Swedes"
~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~
~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Sjogren & Mrs. & Mrs. Kenneth Swisher
~ Remembering them and their 1984 "Hemslöjd" Shop
~ Remembering them and their 1984 "Hemslöjd" Shop
Another true testament to carrying on Swedishness in Lindsborg was found with the Sjogrens and the Swishers in their establishment of Hemslöjd.
And, their trendsetting example of a "Dala Horse'' in front of their shop, spread throughout Lindsborg in another form due to the "Hemslöjd" shop established in 1984, directly across the street from their Swedish Crafts, where only in Lindsborg on-the-spot handcrafted Dala horse signs for homes are produced for sale in the United States and around the world.
Friends of the Jaderborgs, Lindsborg Swede descendants, the Kenneth Sjogrens and the Kenneth Swishers, established Hemslöjd as a Swedish import and woodworking shop where skilled local woodworkers and Swedish folk artists produced lovely Swedish gifts for the shop.
Thus, the Swedishness continues to this day at "Hemslöjd" which in Swedish means "handicraft." Advertised as "the leading Swedish store in the United States specializing in Swedish imports and Scandinavian gifts of all type," it also offers traditional Dala Horses directly from Sweden.
Go HERE to learn so much more about this great little Hemslöjd shop, and HERE to discover the history of the Dala Horse by Joyce England!
Go HERE also to see Lindsborg's most beautiful home that Hilding grew up in living in this Swedish American community found in the section: The Swedish Lindsborg Builders ~ "where the other Swedes lived"
*Source for text: Hemslöjd website
And, their trendsetting example of a "Dala Horse'' in front of their shop, spread throughout Lindsborg in another form due to the "Hemslöjd" shop established in 1984, directly across the street from their Swedish Crafts, where only in Lindsborg on-the-spot handcrafted Dala horse signs for homes are produced for sale in the United States and around the world.
Friends of the Jaderborgs, Lindsborg Swede descendants, the Kenneth Sjogrens and the Kenneth Swishers, established Hemslöjd as a Swedish import and woodworking shop where skilled local woodworkers and Swedish folk artists produced lovely Swedish gifts for the shop.
Thus, the Swedishness continues to this day at "Hemslöjd" which in Swedish means "handicraft." Advertised as "the leading Swedish store in the United States specializing in Swedish imports and Scandinavian gifts of all type," it also offers traditional Dala Horses directly from Sweden.
Go HERE to learn so much more about this great little Hemslöjd shop, and HERE to discover the history of the Dala Horse by Joyce England!
Go HERE also to see Lindsborg's most beautiful home that Hilding grew up in living in this Swedish American community found in the section: The Swedish Lindsborg Builders ~ "where the other Swedes lived"
*Source for text: Hemslöjd website
They were Augustana Lutheran Christians who attended Lindsborg's Bethany Lutheran Church.
Source: Pinterest.Com
The Deere House Dala Horse
Former students of Dean Deere, Rev. Perry and Alice Carlson, owners of Deere House
had Hemslöjd inscribe Deere House on their Swedish Dala Horse and 1940, the year the home was built.
Former students of Dean Deere, Rev. Perry and Alice Carlson, owners of Deere House
had Hemslöjd inscribe Deere House on their Swedish Dala Horse and 1940, the year the home was built.
Shirley Malm was one such very gifted artist at Hemslöjd painting the Dala Horses. Above may be an example of her work, like the example of her work below photographed in 2009.
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
