IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 101 
Honoring the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Lindsborg, Kansas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2019 
Mr. MARSHALL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
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-
tural Company entered into a contract for the purchase 
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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 House of Representatives— 
(1) honors Lindsborg, Kansas, on the 150th an-
niversary of its establishment; 
(2) commends the men and women who have 
made Lindsborg the town full of rich culture it is 
today; and 
(3) honors the immigrants of the Va¨rmland 
province of Sweden for settling in Lindsborg. 
Æ 
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