Editing Lindstrom, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:Lindstrom.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lindström's old water tower, a community landmark]]
Lindström  was settled predominantly by Swedish (and a few Norwegian) immigrants and their families. In 1853, Daniel Lindstrom left Sweden in search of a nice piece of land to settle in the United States. Lindström was [[plat]]ted in 1880.<ref>{{cite book |last=Upham |first=Warren |title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance |url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog |year=1920 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n127 108]}}</ref> The town of Lindström was incorporated in 1894. Many other Swedish emigrants traveled with Daniel Lindstrom. Joris Per Anderson, half brother to Daniel Lindstrom came in 1850 leading a party from [[Hassela|Hassela, Sweden]]. In the party was [[Eric Norelius]], whose personal journals in part formed the basis of [[Vilhelm Moberg]]'s novels of the [[Swedish emigration to the United States]], [[The Emigrants (novels)|''The Emigrants'']]. Moberg's novels have two main characters, Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson. The novels depict the hardships Swedish emigrants endured en route to the United States and their first ten years in their new home country. A bronze statue of the author, holding his bicycle as if ready to ride away, stands on a stepped platform in Chisago City's town park.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.ci.chisago.mn.us/vertical/Sites/%7B4CF416A7-935D-4E3F-82DF-F3E06B5985B0%7D/uploads/IMG_3471_Web.jpg |website=Chisago City}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ci.chisago.mn.us/index.asp?SEC=BC0138D6-1BE8-4ADC-88BF-2DF7F716669C |website=Chisago City |title=Vilhelm Moberg Park & Pavilion}}</ref> An image of Karl Oskar and Kristina remains Lindström’s logo today. Since 1990, anyone who has taken U.S. Highway 8 from north of Forest Lake to Lindström has driven on the ''Moberg Trail''.<ref>[http://www.mcknight.org/files/yah_book6.pdf ''Lindström's Larger than Life Couple'' by Moira F. Harris.Monumental Minnesota: A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture (Pogo Press, 1992)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719044527/http://www.mcknight.org/files/yah_book6.pdf |date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>

Lindström celebrates Karl Oskar and Kristina annually with ''Karl Oskar Days''. This event takes place mid-July and includes such activities as the coronation of a "Karl Oskar Ambassadors, parades, a street dance, and fireworks. There are still statues of Karl Oskar and Kristina in Lindström as a tribute to the early Swedish immigrants whose descendants continue to populate the area. These statues are the main attraction for tourists from all over the world who come to Lindström because of its Swedish heritage.<ref>[http://www.lindstrom.mn.org/ Events/all.htmlCultural Events in the Community] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040623043513/http://www.lindstrom.mn.org/ |date=June 23, 2004}}</ref>

In April 2015, Minnesota Governor [[Mark Dayton]] signed an executive order to require the Minnesota Department of Transportation return umlauts to city-limit signs in Lindström, which had recently been removed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/299890591.html |title=Up with umlauts: Minnesota governor says Lindstrom, Minnesota, must have its dots &#124; Star Tribune |website=[[Star Tribune]] |accessdate=May 2, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211647/http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/299890591.html |archivedate=May 4, 2015}}</ref>
(However, both the [[USGS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Feature Detail Report for: Lindstrom |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:756655023697::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:646720,Lindstrom |website=USGS |accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref> and the [[US Census Bureau]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindstrom city, Minnesota |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Lindstrom&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8 |website=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref> record the city's name as "Lindstrom".)
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