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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 43
Honoring the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Lindsborg, Kansas.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Committee discharged; considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Honoring the 150th anniversary of the establishment of
Lindsborg, Kansas.
Whereas February 20, 2019, marks the 150th anniversary of
the establishment of Lindsborg, a town in McPherson
County, Kansas;
Whereas, in 1868, Kansas was known as ‘‘the great Amer-
ican desert,’’ as it was reported that it never rained in
Kansas, and upon organizing the first Swedish Agricul-
tural Company in April 1868, Chairman John Ferm said,
‘‘If God is going to let us settle in Kansas, he will give
us rain.’’;
Whereas, after claims were filed in May 1866 in the general
area that was to become Lindsborg, the Swedish Agricul-
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tural Company entered into a contract for the purchase
of 16,000 acres of land from the Kansas-Pacific Rail
Road Company;
Whereas, in December 1868, a call to Sweden for settlers was
sent and a promising young pastor named Dr. Olof
Olsson was chosen to lead a large group of settlers the
next spring;
Whereas, on January 20, 1869, the Swedish Agricultural
Company settled the site that was to become Lindsborg
and the development of the land and farming com-
menced;
Whereas, the Swedish Agriculture Company, with several
members of the Company having ‘‘Lind’’ in their sur-
name, determined the name of the settlement to be
‘‘Lindsborg’’ on February 20, 1869, and, the members
having fulfilled their role, the Swedish Agricultural Com-
pany was dissolved shortly thereafter;
Whereas Pastor Olof Olsson and a group of 100 Swedish im-
migrants from the Va¨rmland province of Sweden arrived
at the settlement on June 27, 1869;
Whereas Lindsborg is widely known as ‘‘Little Sweden’’ due
to its Swedish traditions and population of Swedish im-
migrants;
Whereas the Sesquicentennial Festival Committee for
Lindsborg has declared the theme for 2019 to be ‘‘Swe-
den to the Plains—Living the Legacy’’;
Whereas Svensk Hyllningsfest is a biennial festival cele-
brating the Swedish heritage of Lindsborg with arts and
crafts, special foods, ethnic music, traditional folk dance
and dress, and other Swedish entertainment;
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Whereas King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visited Lindsborg
during his royal tour of the United States in April 1976;
and
Whereas the Swedish immigrants who settled in Kansas en-
dured harsh weather conditions to establish Lindsborg
and the people of Lindsborg have continued to maintain
their Swedish heritage, making Lindsborg a cultural des-
tination: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
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(1) honors Lindsborg, Kansas, on the 150th an-
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niversary of its establishment;
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(2) commends the men and women who have
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made Lindsborg the town full of rich culture it is
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today; and
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(3) honors the immigrants of the Va¨rmland
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province of Sweden for settling in Lindsborg.
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