Victoria Owenius
Victoria Owenius was born in Östhammar, Sweden, and moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2001. Her academic training includes a B.A. in History and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lewis & Clark College in Portland. While at Lewis & Clark College she researched and wrote an honors thesis about the Swedish American newspaper Oregon Posten. In 2008 she coauthored the book Swedish Oregon. She is active in the Swedish American community in Oregon and is currently teaching at the Swedish School in Portland.
Author's Entries
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Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren (1860-1937)
Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren moved to Portland on October 3, 1908, to start a Swedish newspaper, which he successfully did. Through Oregon Posten, he had a considerable effect on the local Swedish community. Not only did he help increase the Swedish population in Oregon during his twenty-six years of promoting …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Oregon Posten
The first issue of the weekly Oregon Posten (Oregon Post), the state’s largest Swedish newspaper, was published on December 2, 1908, with Fredrik Wilhelm Lönegren as editor. The paper, whose format would stay essentially the same for twenty-seven years, published information about Swedish culture and heritage, promoted Oregon’s …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Swedish Americans in Oregon
The Swedes were at one time one of the largest immigrant groups in Oregon. Between 1850 and 1940, only Canada and Germany had more immigrants to Oregon than the Swedes did. The majority of Swedes in Oregon settled west of the Cascade Mountains, most of them in urban areas, especially …
Oregon Encyclopedia
