The push and pull definitions are as follows:

• Push factors are the reasons why people left Sweden, such as persecution, fear, natural disasters, poverty and unemployment
• Pull factors are the reasons why people moved to the United States of America in search of freedom, safety, stability and new opportunities

Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration to America for kids: Political, Economic, Social & Environmental Reasons
The push and pull factors of Swedish Migration are dictated by economic, political, environmental and social reasons. Discover specific events in the history of Sweden that prompted Swedish people to leave their homes to start a new life in America. 

Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration for kids: Examples of Swedish Migration Chart
The following chart provides facts and information about some specific examples of Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration to America.

Examples of Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration to America

List and Examples of Push Factors

Political Factor: The colony of New Sweden (Nya Sverige) was founded in the mid 1600's but the New Netherlands, attacked and conquered the Swedish colony.

Political and Environmental Factors: Sweden enjoyed Economic and political stability but the country was hit by the 1695 famine and the devastating 1773 Swedish Famine and disease caused the deaths of over 120,000 Swedes.

Political and Environmental Factors: In 1848 Swedish revolutionaries, called the Forty-Eighters, emigrated to avoid political persecution

Environmental and Economic Factors: The 1845 Crop failures and the potato blight and the Swedish Famine of 1866 - 1868 aka "the Great Hunger Years" (suuret nälkävuodet) led to the death of many thousands, dire poverty and disease.

Political Factor: Strict Swedish conscription laws required men were required to train in the Swedish military for 30 days in every year

Economic Factor: Advances in agricultural techniques and the rise in population due to better food and living standards led to a strain on the amount of farming land available

Political Factor: The Great Migration from Sweden during the 1880's was prompted by the massive economic growth in the USA and opportunities for employment due the Second Industrial Revolution in America - The Age of Steel.

List and Examples of Pull Factors

The first Swedish immigrants settled and made a new life in the colonies of Delaware and Pennsylvania

A large wave of Swedish immigrants were forced to leave Sweden to escape hunger and start a new life in America and joined colonies established by the English..

Political security and safety

Swedes fled to the escape poverty in the less hazardous environment of the United States

Men chose to emigrate with their families rather than be subjected to mandatory military service.

Ambitious Swedish families moved to America to gain wealth and acquire farm land.

Swedish immigrants moved to the US to find a new life, wealth and to join family and loved ones who had already settled in the country.

Push Pull factors of Swedish Migration for kids: Pull Push factors of Sweden
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Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration: Political Examples of of Push and Pull factors in Sweden
Find examples of Political Push and Pull factors such as significant historical events in Swedish history such as revolutions and political autocracy such as the Conscription Laws which prompted the migration of Swedish people to escape political persecution.

Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration: Environmental Examples of Push and Pull factors in Sweden
Find examples of Environmental Push and Pull factors relating to any devastating natural disasters that have hit Sweden such as crop failures, famine and disease  that led Swedish people to seek safety in a more settled climate and environment.

Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration: Social Examples of Push and Pull factors in Sweden
Find examples of Social Push and Pull factors that prompted migration from Sweden such as joining friends and family that led Swedes to consider emigration in order to achieve a better standard of living.

Push and Pull factors of Swedish Migration: Economic Examples of of Push and Pull factors in Sweden
Find examples of Economic Push and Pull factors that prompted immigration from Sweden such as poverty, unemployment and shortage of farming lands that led Swedish people to consider emigration in order to achieve a better standard of living and improve employment opportunities.