Item 20654 - General store, New Sweden, ca. 1930 Item 20654 - General store, New Sweden, ca. 1930 Contributed by New Sweden Historical Society Item 20654 Zoom 4770px x 2867px - 15.9"w x 9.6"h @ 300dpi | Need a larger size? *Credit line must read: Collections of New Sweden Historical Society Image Info John Bloomstrand's General Store was one of the first to be erected in New Sweden. Bloomstrand was born in Sweden in about 1873. He died in 1951 and is buried in Capitol Hill Cemetery in New Sweden. He and his wife, Edith Olson, lived near the old AVR Station. The store was near their home. Show Details