Lindström is America's Little Sweden

​Shogren Apartments is located between North Lindström Lake and South Lindström Lake on the west side of downtown Lindström, Minnesota, known as "America's Little Sweden".  Situated between Chisago City to the west and Center City (the Chisago County Seat) to the east, ​Lindström is approximately 40 miles northeast from Minneapolis or Saint Paul, Minnesota.   

Directly across the street from the building is a statue of Karl-Oskar & Kristina Nilsson, the fictional heroes of Vilhelm Moberg’s series of novels The Emigrants, which tell the story of Swedish emigration to America.  A replica of a statue in Karlshamn, Sweden, it is an attraction for tourists from Sweden and from all over the world who come to Lindström because of its Swedish heritage.

The statue is a recognizable landmark located next to the County Press Building on US Highway 8.  It is just two city blocks to the Post Office.  Memorial City Park is across the street from the building and contains the Chisago County Veterans Memorial.  Restaurants and shops in the downtown district are within easy walking distance.

Lindström is a small city that has a lot to offer and it is a great place to live.

​Not only does the city wear its Swedish pride on its sleeve, but also on its city-limit signs thanks to the governor.

In 2015, then Gov. Mark Dayton signed an executive order mandating that the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) return the two dots (called umlauts) to the city-limit signs after learning that the DOT had discontinued the umlauts on the signs.  It seems that after having umlauts on the signs for over 20 years, the DOT omitted the umlauts because the Federal Highway Administrations regulations don't include umlauts.

Besides seeing umlauts on the city-limit signs, you will see them on the city's name in many places in town, including here on our website!