[3] Lindstrom is located 10 miles (16 km) from the Wisconsin state line, and less than two hours from cities including Duluth, St.

[citation needed] Lindstrom was settled predominantly by Swedish (and a few Norwegian) immigrants and their families.

In 1853, Daniel Lindstrom left Sweden in search of a nice piece of land to settle in the United States.

Moberg's novels have two main characters, Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson.

The novels depict the hardships Swedish emigrants endured en route to the United States and their first ten years in their new home country.

A bronze statue of the author, holding his bicycle as if ready to ride away, stands on a stepped platform in Chisago City's town park.

[10][11] An image of Karl Oskar and Kristina remains Lindstrom’s logo today.

Since 1990, anyone who has taken U.S. Highway 8 from north of Forest Lake to Lindstrom has driven on the Moberg Trail.

This event takes place mid-July and includes such activities as the coronation of a "Karl Oskar Ambassadors, parades, a street dance, and fireworks.

There are still statues of Karl Oskar and Kristina in Lindstrom as a tribute to the early Swedish immigrants whose descendants continue to populate the area.

These statues are the main attraction for tourists from all over the world who come to Lindstrom because of its Swedish heritage.

[13] In April 2015, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed an executive order to require the Minnesota Department of Transportation return umlauts to city-limit signs in Lindström, which had recently been removed.

[20] 95.3% of residents had at least a high school education, and 30.1% had attained a bachelor's degree or higher.

The most common ancestries in Lindström were German (42.8%), Norwegian (22.2%), Swedish (21.5%), Irish (9.4%), and Polish (4.8%).

There were 1,943 housing units at an average density of 539.7 inhabitants per square mile (208.4/km2).