Swedish American Hall

O tym miejscu Swedish American Hall

The San Francisco Swedish Society marks its 125th anniversary this year. Its roots go back a bit further, to 1873, and the formation of an organization called the Original Orpheus Singing Club. After that group changed its name to the Singing Society Svea, it held its first recorded monthly meeting, April 12, 1875. According to the 1925 official history, “from this date it might be truthfully stated dates our present Swedish Society.” At the same time, the Svea Society, like so many ethnic as