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MaineSwedishColony.info makes connections between organizations, schools, and individuals in the community and promotes community cultural development. Maine Swedish Colony is a historical designation for the region in Aroostook County, Maine, that is loosely defined by the towns of New Sweden, Stockholm, Woodland, Connor, Perham, Westmanland, Madawaska Lake, and Caribou.

This site is not updated on a regular basis. 12/23/19

The Sons and Daughters of the Colony of New Sweden (New Sweden Historical Society) and Maine’s Swedish Colony, Inc. have merged under the New Sweden Histroical Society name.

New Sweden
Historical Society

https://www.facebook.com

/NewSwedenHistoricalSociety

116 Station Road

PO Box 33
New Sweden, ME, 04762

207-896-5200

Carolyn Hildebrand nshs@maineswedishcolony.info

207-896-3052

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Stockholm
Historical Society

https://www.facebook.com/

stockholmhistoricalmuseum/

280 Main Street
Stockholm, ME 04783

Sandra Hara

Woodland
Historical Society

1149 New Sweden Rd.
Woodland, ME 04736

Listen to Colony Midsommar History

Listen to audio files of oral history recorded by folklorist Keith Ludden at Midsommar 2009. Recording length format hours:minutes:seconds.

Midsommar1_AlmonRalphLewis061909: (length 1:13:21) Ralph Ostlund, Almon McDougal, Lewis Peterson, Clyde Jepson. Recorded 6/19/2009. Includes discussion on a wide range of topics and many personal stories not necessarily related to Midsommar.
Midsommar5_0621909.mp3: (length 1:01:44) Music at Friday dance at Stockholm VFW Hall by Ketra Crosson, Sue Harold, Kelly Moody and Bill Duncan violins; Joyce Akerson vocal and guitar; Silas Gustafson, accordian. Recorded 6/19/2009.
Midsommar6_062009.mp3: (length 0:05:17) Lewis Peterson and Connie Akerson Bondeson in the Lindsten Stuga historic log home. Recorded 6/20/2009.
Midsommar7_062009.mp3: (length 0:05:19) Vee Peterson, Gusty Anderson, Elsa Thibodeau making hair wreaths. Recorded 6/20/2009.
Midsommar9_062009.mp3 (length 0:07:53) Dianne Jepson Ward tells of her mother growing up in the Great Depression. Recorded 6/20/2009.

Thanks, Keith, this is a great gift the the community.

Privacy Policy-We do not share contact information. Site comments, correcctions, and questions? No change is too small – email the official web guy: Bill Duncan, Bill@WilliamLDuncan.com ©2019 Site hosting courtesy of WilliamLDuncan.com. This site was originally developed with assistance of a Discovery Research grant from the Maine Arts Commission, the New Century Fund of the Maine Community Foundation and the historical societies of the Maine Swedish Colony.

Note, Dec 2019. This site is not updated on a regular basis. See individual historical society pages on Facebook for the latest.--Bill

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