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Swedish American Hospital is a 357 bed non profit teaching hospital located in Rockford Illinois. The hospital is owned and operated by Swedish American Health System. The hospital was founded in 1911 opening its doors in 1918 following a period of fund raising. In the mid-1990s the hospital proposed a major campus overhaul that was eventually approved by the city of Rockford provided Swedish American assist in recovering a blighted neighborhood nearby.