Educational History

Swedish School of Nursing

Milestones

• Opened in 1899; First class graduated in 1901 with three graduates.
• 1903 changed from 2 years to 3-year program.
• Associated with Augsburg College for classes beginning in 1953.
• Affiliations at St. Peter and Rochester for psychiatric training; University of Minnesota Ancker Hospital, and General Hospital for pediatrics.
• Class sizes ranged from 3 – 81 over the years.
• Cadet nurse training programs were done from 1943 to 1945; spring and fall graduations occurred at this time.
• Closed in 1973.
• There are over 3,000 graduates from the school.

Books about the school and students are available in the MMC Library Collection: From Stripes to Whites and True Nurse.

The Library has a collection of all the class graduation pictures, some graduate programs, and other items.