{"id":6342,"date":"2023-04-26T20:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minavykort.com\/vykort\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:09:11","slug":"galva-illinois-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minavykort.com\/vykort\/galva-illinois-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Galva &#8211; Illinois &#8211; USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vykort fr\u00e5n <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/koo6EqbF1P3di9j38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galva<\/a>, Illinois, USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Galva \u00e4r en stad i Henry County i Illinois, grundad 1854 av William och James Wiley. Staden v\u00e4xte fram som en j\u00e4rnv\u00e4gs- och handelsort och fick tidigt en stark svensk pr\u00e4gel genom de svenska immigranterna fr\u00e5n den n\u00e4rbel\u00e4gna Bishop Hill-kolonin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Namnet Galva har en direkt koppling till <strong>G\u00e4vle i Sverige<\/strong>. Olof Johnson, en av de tidiga svenska bos\u00e4ttarna och en ledande person inom Bishop Hill-kolonin, f\u00f6reslog ursprungligen namnet <strong>Gefle<\/strong>, efter den svenska hamnstaden. Namnet f\u00f6rengelskades senare till <strong>Galva<\/strong>, vilket allts\u00e5 \u00e4r en amerikansk f\u00f6rvanskning av G\u00e4vle\/Gefle.<\/p>\n<p>Kopplingen till G\u00e4vle lever fortfarande kvar. 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Galva \u00e4r en stad i Henry County i Illinois, grundad 1854 av William och James Wiley. Staden v\u00e4xte fram som en j\u00e4rnv\u00e4gs- och handelsort och fick tidigt en stark svensk pr\u00e4gel genom de svenska immigranterna fr\u00e5n den n\u00e4rbel\u00e4gna Bishop Hill-kolonin. Namnet Galva har en direkt koppling till G\u00e4vle i Sverige. 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