| − | '''Swedish Americans''' are Americans with Swedish heritage, primarily derived from the 1.2 million immigrants who left [[Sweden]] in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. About 3 million Americans (1%) claim some Swedish ancestry. Most Swedish Americans are Lutherans affiliated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] or Methodists. They are mostly concentrated in the Midwest and Mountain states. | + | '''Swedish Americans''' are Americans with Swedish heritage, primarily derived from the 1.2 million immigrants who left [[Sweden]] in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. About 3 million Americans (1%) claim some Swedish ancestry. Most Swedish Americans are Lutherans affiliated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] or Methodists. They are mostly concentrated in the Midwest, Mountain states, parts of the Northeast (especially [[Maryland]], [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New York]], and southern [[New Jersey]]), and to a lesser extent in the South (mainly [[Texas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kentucky]], [[Virginia]], and [[West Virginia]]). |