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and emigration agencies, letters from enthusiastic
immigrants, all stirred the blood of the adventurous,
ambitious, and liberty-loving sons of “gamla Svea” until
the “America fever” ravaged parish after parish.
In Sweden, as in many other countries of Europe, the
increasing numbers of those who were eager to
surrender their birthright in favor of citizenship in the great
republic across the Atlantic awakened alarm in certain
quarters, and the utmost efforts were employed to stem
the tide of emigration. Almost without exception the
newspapers of Sweden painted America in the blackest
colors. [1] Every obstacle and every disappointment in
America that could be culled from letters were compiled
and published. Nya Wexjö-Bladet said that if the
public knew how many emigrants were unfortunate, America
would not be thought of as the promised land. [2]
Nerikes Allehanda prints a letter from “one of the
workmen fooled to go to America,” who charges that the
literature circulated in Sweden about America is full of
lies. He complains of the hot weather, hard work,
expensive clothes, high railroad fares, and the way
Americans exploit the Swedes. He found no rich prairies —
only hills and valleys. He threatens an emigration agent
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