Contents: The history of emigration from Sweden to America after 1860, by Sten Carlsson; The study of American literature at the university of Uppsala, by Olov Fryckstedt; Cooperation in astronomu, by Aina Elvius; Swedish-American relations in biochemistry, by Hugo Theorell; Economics - the interchange of ideas between Sweden and the United States, by Göran Ohlin; Technical exchange in electric power engineering, by Torsten Lindström; U.S.A. and endocrinology, by Rolf Luft; A young science with a U.S. dominance, by Lennart Philipson; Swedish scientific exchange in the field of geology, by Frans E. Wickman; Future research and development models - the american influence on higher education, by Göran Borg; Art history - the american way, by Carl Nordenfalk; American influence on Swedish research in the field of private law, by Jan Hellner; Mathematics and mathematicians in the New World, by Lars Gårding; Contacts with american medicine, by Jan G. Waldenström; Swedish and American research collaboration in organic selenium chemistry, by Arne Fredga; Medical care, teaching and research - a comparison of the U.S.A. and Sweden, by Göran Bauer; Links of friendship and research between American and Swedish scientists in the biomedical field, by U.S. von Euler; Polymer science and technology, by Bengt Rånby; U.S. - Swedish scholarly contacts in psychology and education, by Torsten Husén; Some aspects on the American Swedish exchange in quantum sciences, particularly the Uppsala-Florida exchange project, by Per-Olov Löwdin; Scientific brain picking, by Sigvard Strandh; American and Swedish sociology, by Torgny Segerstedt; A tele-vision comes true, by Håkan Sterky; Contributors; Index of personal names.