The American Swedish Institute (ASI) is a museum and cultural center in the Phillips West neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

The organization is dedicated to the preservation and study of the historic role Sweden and Swedish Americans have played in US culture and history.

Today, ASI serves as a gathering place for all people to share experiences around themes of culture, migration, the environment and the arts, informed by enduring links to Sweden.

The museum's restaurant, FIKA, was named "Best Lunch In Minnesota" by the Star Tribune in 2013 for its New Nordic cuisine.

His interest in the printing industry eventually led to his success as publisher of the Swedish language newspaper Svenska Amerikanska Posten.

[citation needed] The success of the paper was a result of Turnblad's aggressive management style, as well as the large numbers of Swedish immigrants who supported it.

Their many trips to Europe certainly influenced their decision on the stately chateau style of the mansion and the ornate designs of the interior.

The property on Park Avenue was purchased in 1903 and plans were drawn up by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Christopher A. Boehme and Victor Cordella.

When the museum was founded in 1929, the Minneapolis Tribune reported, "the cost is believed to have been close to $1 million although this is a matter the builder does not discuss.

This has evolved into an annual display where each room in the mansion is decorated to represent a different country: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.