What do Swedish history books say about the great migration to America a hundred years ago. What is the attitude towards the emigres?
If I remember correctly they say that it was a famine in Sweden which drove a lot of people to seek their fortunes in the US which at the time gave away land to pioneers who where willing to cultivate the land. I don’t really remember the rest of it, but I think there was some kind of commission which where supposed to find way’s to stop the emigration. I’m not sure but I think they decided that universal suffrage was one way to do this. It becomes a bit fuzzy when there is no revolution or war which marks these changes.