Lindstrom, Minnesota
| Lindström, Minnesota | |
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Aerial view of the town of Lindström
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| Motto: America's Little Sweden | |
 Location of the city of Lindström within Chisago County, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 45°23′16″N 92°50′38″W / 45.38778°N 92.84389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Chisago |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.69 sq mi (9.56 km2) |
| • Land | 3.60 sq mi (9.32 km2) |
| • Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2) |
| Elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,442 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 4,408 |
| • Density | 1,233.9/sq mi (476.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 55045 |
| Area code(s) | 651 |
| FIPS code | 27-37304 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0646720 |
| Website | www.lindstrom.mn.org |
Lindstrom, officially spelled Lindström, is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States, located 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities. The population was 4,442 at the 2010 census. Lindström's motto is America's Little Sweden. U.S. Highway 8 serves as a main route for the community. The ö in the city's name is derived from the Swedish language.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.69 square miles (9.56 km2), of which, 3.60 square miles (9.32 km2) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water.
Lindström is located 10 miles from the Wisconsin state line, and less than two hours from cities including Duluth, St. Cloud, and the Twin Cities area. When looking at the town from above, it looks like it could be an island due to the surrounding lakes.
In 1853, Daniel Lindström left Sweden in search of a nice piece of land to settle in America. Lindström was platted in 1880. The town of Lindström was incorporated in 1894. Many other Swedish emigrants traveled with Daniel Lindström. Joris Per Anderson, half brother to Daniel Lindström, came in 1850 leading a party from Hassela, Sweden. In the party was Erik Norelius, whose personal journals in part formed the basis of Vilhelm Moberg’s novels of the Swedish emigration to the United States, 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 America. 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. 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.
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