How Swedish Startups Are Disrupting Silicon Valley

By Fredric Cederberg
 If someone had said ten years ago that a wave of Swedish startups would reshape Silicon Valley , most people would have shrugged and pointed to the usual giants: San Francisco, Palo Alto, Menlo Park. But here we are in 2025, and a surprising number of innovations shaking up the American tech world have the same thing in common — they were born in Sweden . It didn’t happen overnight. Swedish tech culture has been quietly maturing for decades, fuelled by a mix of strong engineering traditions, generous support for research, and a mindset that values solving real-world problems rather than just building the next shiny app. Today, that combination is paying off, and Silicon Valley has started paying close attention. A New Kind of Startup Mindset One of the biggest reasons Swedish companies are making noise in the U.S. is the way they approach innovation. Swedish founders tend to build slowly, test carefully, and create products that are genuinely meant to last. It’s a contrast t...
By Fredric Cederberg

 


Taking a Pause: Discovering Swedish Place Names in the USA

Let's take a little break from our series on famous Swedes in the USA and their descendants. Did you know that there are nine towns named Stockholm in the United States, four named Falun, an equal number of Uppsalas, and even a Göteborg? Beyond that, there are thousands of other places across North America that bear names given by Swedish immigrants. Simply looking at a map 


becomes a historical journey in itself—each town with a Swedish name tells a story about the people who took the leap to the great land in the west to start a new life, or about their descendants.

The state with the most Swedish place names—over two hundred, in fact—is, perhaps unsurprisingly, Minnesota, where so many Swedes settled. But looking at the entire USA, you’ll find towns with Swedish names in 41 of the 50 states.

Here are twenty places where Swedes have left their mark on the map in the USA:

List of Places:

  • Lindstrom, Minnesota
  • Govalle, Texas
  • Gothenburg, Nebraska
  • Lindsborg, Kansas
  • Sveadal, California
  • Sweeden, Kentucky
  • Karlstad, Minnesota
  • Hallandale, Florida
  • Calmar, Iowa
  • Westmanland, Maine
  • Swedesboro, New Jersey
  • Ryssby, Colorado
  • Thorsby, Alabama
  • Stockholm, Wisconsin
  • Wausa, Nebraska
  • Hammond, Louisiana
  • Malmstrom AFB
  • Carlsborg, Washington
  • New Upsala, Florida
  • Olsonville, South Dakota
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