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United States Swensson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Swensson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Swen Swensson, who arrived in Delaware in 1643 1
Swensson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Swante Jonas Swensson, aged 19, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1846 1
  • Catharina Christina Swensson, aged 51, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1846 1
  • Margareta Sofia Swensson, aged 22, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1846 1
  • Anders Swensson, aged 21, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
  • Swen Peter Swensson, aged 25, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Swensson (post 1700) +

  • Earl Simcox Swensson FAIA (1930-2022), American architect and founder of Earl Swensson Associates (ESA), an architectural firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, known for many notable buildings in Nashville, including the Batman Building, Centennial Medical Center and Opryland Hotel
  • Carl Aaron Swensson (1857-1904), American Lutheran minister and founder and President of Bethany College
  • Iwar Samuel "Iffa-Sven" Swensson (1893-1934), Swedish footballer at the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Egbert Swensson (b. 1956), German silver medalist sailor at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  • Signe Swensson (1888-1974), Norwegian physician and politician


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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