The local culture is marked by European influences, since the area was settled by numerous colonies of immigrants, starting in 1897.

Oberá has a very warm humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) and is alongside Bernardo de Irigoyen the wettest city in Argentina, with an average annual rainfall of around 2,300 millimetres or 90 inches.

In 1913, a group of immigrants, most of them Swedish, founded it, drawing inspiration for its name from a valkyrie or escudera [female warrior] (mother Svea) belonging to an ancient tradition in the history of Sweden.

The province is located in the northeast of Argentina and has very particular geographical features, among which the jungle areas and the Iguazu River stand out.

In 1907, Bonpland in Misiones was founded by Finnish immigrants (also coming through Buenos Aires) who were granted fiscal lots, after a delegation of that nationality visited the site in 1905.

"In January 1906, a decree promoted agricultural colonization in this area, 50 square leagues between Cerro Corá, Bonpland and properties of Roca and Dávila, giving origin to the colony Yerbal Viejo.

Although it was designed for the settlement of the Finns, Swedish families also went there looking for better crop lands, and then immigrants of other nationalities joined them.

"[3] In 1910 and 1911, Brazil organized the installation of a settlement plan for Swedish immigrants in Rio Grande do Sul, which subsequently failed due to flooding in 1911.

They came here from Brazil through what they called the path of death, led by my grandfather, and after traveling many kilometers, without roads or anything, they settled here.

[5] Thus, the fortunate group that managed to make it there, most of them Swedish, were able to settle the site and build the first farms, giving origin to the colony and later the city of Svea.