The American National Anthem in Swedish Nordstjernan, Fredagen
den 5 Juli 1912: the bulk of the readership of America's Swedish
newspaper was comprised of persons who spoke Swedish fluently,
and furthermore, bought Nordstjernan on newsstands. The appeal
to them was news from their homeland, and the front page was
still exclusively dedicated to items from Stockholm and, in
small paragraphs, encapsulated news from varying Swedish cities
and Provinces. On the other hand, it became evident by pieces,
such as this on page 4 of this issue - a Swedish translation of
the United States’ National Anthem for Nordstjernan’s readers -
that they considered themselves Americans first, and of
secondary significance was loyalty to Sweden. Nevertheless,
lengthy notices of inheritances left for Swedes in America
continued to appear, in small type, along with attempts by
relatives in Sweden to trace their lost American family members.
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