EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 38 MIN
LARS RONÉR | The ten thousand Swedes of Utah (and how language defines home)
from LETTERS FROM AMERICA · host MARTIN WÆRN
Between the 1850s and the early 1900s, approximately 10,000 Swedes left their homeland and emigrated to the United States to join the fast-growing movement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) around Salt Lake City, Utah. - Lars Ronér's family was one of those who came.Hear him tell the story of his family being a part of the Swedes who settled down at "the end of the world" and how a lucky move to San Francisco made him an icon in the advertising world - and how language can define 'home'.
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