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SCS CRAIG COLLECTION AVAILABLE ONLINE

SCS CRAIG COLLECTION AVAILABLE ONLINE

by WilliamWhitcraft | Mar 16, 2015 | Delaware, News & Events, Peter Craig, Peter S. Craig

CRAIG COLLECTION ONLINE: We have posted for sale the first digitized item from the Craig Collection, a package of all Peter Craig’s family group sheets for the first four generations of the Mounce Rambo branch of the Peter Gunnarsson Rambo family. We plan to add more...

Sandra Pfaff Receives Swedish Royal Honors

by WilliamWhitcraft | Nov 1, 2012 | News & Events, Swedish Royal Honors

Sandra Pfaff Receives Swedish Royal Honors. H. M. King Carl XVI Gustaf ofSweden has named Sandra Springer Pfaff, Chair of the American Swedish Historical Museum, a Knight of the Royal Order of the Polar Star for her many years of devoted service and outstanding...

Ronald Hendrickson Receives Swedish Royal Honors

by WilliamWhitcraft | Nov 1, 2012 | News & Events, Swedish Royal Honors

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has named Ronald A. Hendrickson, Esq., former Governor of the Swedish Colonial Society, a Knight of the Royal Order of the Polar Star for his leadership in the Swedish- American community. Ambassador of Sweden Gunnar Lund presented the...

Kim-Eric Williams Receives Swedish Royal Honors

by WilliamWhitcraft | Nov 1, 2012 | News & Events, Swedish Royal Honors

Kim-Eric Williams, received the Royal Order of the Polar Star, First Class, at the Residence of the Ambassador of Sweden in Washington, D.C., on March 17. On behalf of King Carl XVI Gustaf, the certificate and medal were presented by Chargé d’Affaires...

Dr. Peter S. Craig Receives Swedish Royal Honors

by WilliamWhitcraft | Oct 28, 2012 | News & Events, Swedish Royal Honors

SCS Headlines

  • The Swedish Farmstead at Governor Printz Park, Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
  • Celebration of New Jersey’s Swedish History
  • My family history with the SCS
  • SCS Council has approved ADDITIONAL certifications for those Forefather members who can prove lineage to more that one Forefather
  • Expedia Sweden interactive mapExpedia Sweden created an interactive map that visualizes the Swedish migration to each state

The Swedish Colonial Society

Founded in 1909 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,by a group of 24 prominent academics and cultural historians, The Swedish Colonial Society is America’s oldest Swedish historical organization and unique in this country because of its relationship to the Swedish Royal Family and the Swedish government.
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SCS Headlines

  • The Swedish Farmstead at Governor Printz Park, Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
  • Celebration of New Jersey’s Swedish History
  • My family history with the SCS
  • SCS Council has approved ADDITIONAL certifications for those Forefather members who can prove lineage to more that one Forefather
  • Expedia Sweden created an interactive map that visualizes the Swedish migration to each state

Society Info & Book Sales

Contact the Swedish Colonial Society at:

97 Wanamaker Avenue
Essington, PA 19029

For Book Sales contact Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church:

215-389-1513
Hours: 9:30-2:30, Tuesday-Thursday

916 S. Swanson St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147-4332

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**The official registration and financial information of The Swedish Colonial Society may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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