• The first important Swedish settlements in Oregon was in Powell Valley, fourteen miles east of Portland. Large numbers of Swedes also lived in Astoria, The Dalles, Florence, Mist, Warren, Colton, Ione, Coos Bay, Junction City and Portland.
  
  
• Swedes developed several successfull orchards in Oregon, the most important of which was Melrose Orchards near Roseburg. Others were located in Newhem, Elida and Outlook in Clackamas County.
  
  
• The Lutheran Church was established when Augustana began mission work among the Swedes in 1879. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church of Portland was founded on December 28, 1879.
  
  
• The Heceta Head Lighthouse on U.S. Highway 101 was built by a crew of Swedish carpenters between 1892 and 1894. Swedes operated and maintained this lighthouse as well as most of the lighthouses along the Oregon’s coast.
  
  
• The Ross Island, St. Johns and Burnside bridges in Portland were built by local Swedish contractors employing Swedish laborers. Also some bridges of the Oregon Coastal highway were built by Swedish laborers.

• Emanuel Hospital & Health Center was founded in 1912 by Rev. Carl J. Renhard of Immanuel Lutheran Church. He was born in Småland, Sweden and came to the United States at the age of ten.
  
  
• The Pittock Mansion in Portland is a showcase of Swedish craftsmanship. In the first floor library there is an intricately detailed wood carving above the fireplace, depicting the family crest, hand executed by William G. Lingenberg, one of Portland’s Swedish leading craftsmen. On the second floor is ornate hand-carved Victorian walnut furniture made in the 1880s by Daniel Wennerberg, a prominent Swedish cabinetmaker.