Nordstjernan

Founded in New York City only a few years after the end of the Civil War, in 1872, it was created to supply the growing numbers of immigrants to the area with news from the old country. Few copies at the time reached outside Greater New York since postal services were expensive, slow or non-existent and most of the subscribed copies were distribute... d by agents in different areas of the city. Fast forward to 1872; we are nationwide with readers in every state and are the only classic Swedish newspaper in the US, in print every other week. Our roots are still in New York where we started many years ago. It is edited by me, Ulf Martensson, mostly under my full name, Ulf Barslund Martensson. My first encounter with the newspaper and its staff was a bit of a shock - for them, it and myself. I wasn't yet 30, it was the mid 1980s and suffice it to say, everything about the newspaper and how it was handled was as new to me as the first computer and digital typesetting equipment I bought for the company was for its staff. We do other things as well. It has, to be brutally honest, from time to time been essential to do other things "to survive. It is also inspiring to be able to contribute to the lasting footprints of Sweden in America. We distribute select special interest books and also publish the contemporary magazine Nordic Reach and our own books , some in Swedish, some in English. The incredibly loyal readership of Nordstjernan, the heart and soul of our organization , is what makes it fun, however. The fact that we have well over 90% renewal rate among subscribers is something all American colleagues find absolutely incredible... (sometimes, so do I)Read More