In the early 1900s, Chicago became home to the second largest Swedish population in the world after Stockholm. 1.3 million Swedes migrated to North America between 1865 and 1915. One of these migrants, Alexander Samuelsson, co-created the famous Coca-Cola bottle design in 1915.
Illinois’s top export to Sweden was machines for the reception, conversion, and transmission or regeneration of voice, images, or other data, including switching and routing apparatus to a value of 151m USD. Illinois also exported 3.6m USD of printed books, brochures, etc.
Swedish-affiliated companies located in Illinois
