Sentence examples for swedish descent from inspiring English sources

Although born in Germany, Engholm was of Swedish descent.

Gene Myron Amdahl was born on Nov. 16, 1922, in Flandreau, S.D., to parents of Norwegian and Swedish descent.

But Trump's father, Fred, claimed to be of Swedish descent because of anti-German sentiment provoked by the war.

Reaction yesterday in New Sweden, whose 621 people are largely of Swedish descent, seemed stoic as well.

Mr. Forsberg, who was of Swedish descent, was ambassador to Sweden from 1981 to 1985, during the Reagan administration.

A Minnesotan of Swedish descent, she naturally brought to all her roles the kind of reserve that reflected her upbringing.

One of five children of Irish-Swedish descent, Lindwall had a difficult childhood during the Great Depression, with both parents dying before he finished high school.

Two hundred and one Caucasian patients were recruited at Uppsala University Hospital in 2000; 194 patients of Swedish origin, four of other European descent and three from the Middle East (Wadelius et al. 2004).

Her father was of German, French, Irish, English, Welsh, and Dutch descent, and her mother was of Swiss-German and Swedish ancestry.

Carl Olson -- nicknamed Bobo by a sister as a youngster -- was born in Honolulu, of Swedish and Portuguese descent, and grew up in rough neighborhoods.

Fred claimed to be of Swedish, not German, descent because of anti-German sentiment in the US between the world wars.