Swedish Pavilion is a historic 1904 exposition building in

Lindsborg, Kansas Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 3,776. Lindsborg is known for its large Swedes, Swedish, other Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, Nordic and Sc ...

, United States. This building is contained on the grounds of the ''Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum'' at 120 Mill Street.

History

Ferdinand Boberg Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg (11 April 1860 – 7 May 1946) was a Swedish architect. Biography Boberg was born in Falun. He became one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most ...

, the Pavilion was built as an international exposition building for the 1904

Louisiana Purchase Exposition The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an World's fair, international exposition held in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federa ...

, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair. After the fair, the Pavilion was moved to Bethany College in

, where it was used for classroom, library, museum and department facilities for the art department. The Swedish Pavilion was moved to the McPherson County Old Mill Museum, - now th
Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum
- also in Lindsborg, in 1969. The facility is used for cultural heritage events at the museum. The Pavilion was added to the

National Historic Register The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of sites, buildings, structures, districts, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1973. During the

royal visit A state visit is a formal visit by the head of a sovereign country (or representative of the head of a sovereign country) to another sovereign country, at the invitation of the head of state (or representative) of that foreign country, with th ...

of Swedish King

Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Having reigned since 1973, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, K ...

to the United States in 1976, he toured the Swedish Pavilion as part of festivities in Lindsborg.

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Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Buildings and structures in McPherson County, Kansas Swedish-American culture in Kansas World's fair architecture in the United States Lindsborg, Kansas National Register of Historic Places in McPherson County, Kansas Ferdinand Boberg buildings {{Kansas-NRHP-stub