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A History of Norwegian Immigration


A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States

Immigration from Norway resulted in the founding of settlements in New York, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa successively; I shall try to give a correct narrative ...

The Norwegians | Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History

Although Sweden sent more emigrants to the United States than any other Scandinavian country, Norway sent a greater percentage of its population—nearly 1 ...

Emigration from Norway, 1830-1920 - nordics.info

Norwegian emigration to America began in 1825 with a group of Quakers, led by Cleng Peerson. They wanted to escape a law called the ' ...

A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States from the ...

A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States from the earliest beginning down to the year 1848. View 424 images in sequence.

Timeline of Norwegian Immigration and Settlement

1865-1873: End of the US Civil War leads to first major wave of Norwegian emigration, with 110,000 Norwegians crossing in this period. Transatlantic steamships ...

Table of Contents: A history of Norwegian immigration to the United ...

Immigration from Hallingdal, Norway, to Rock Prairie from 1843 to 1848. Continued immigration from Numedal. Other early accessions; Economic conditions of ...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States

The author presents the progress of immigration from Norway to this country from the earliest beginning up to the year 1848. Immigration from Norway ...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States

Occasionally the story departs from the chronological narrative to discuss the causes for the migration, which for the most part relate to the paucity of arable ...

Verses on Norwegian emigration to America, 1853

(Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC09535) Between 1836 and 1865, approximately 55,000 Norwegians sailed to the United States.[1] Like most immigrants, ...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United ... - Google Books

Contents ; Emigration from Norway. 27 ; The Earliest Immigrants from Nor. 35 ...

Norwegian Immigration in the Nineteenth Century

Once these early Norwegian immigrant letters reached Norway, quite a few of them were transformed into pamphlets and used as emigrant guides for the rural class ...

Immigration to Norway - Wikipedia

In 1992, the immigrant population in Norway was 183,000 individuals, representing 4.3% of the total population, and net migration that year was 9,105 people. In ...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States (Heritage ...

The author presents the progress of immigration from Norway to this country from the earliest beginning up to the year 1848. Immigration from Norway ...

Catalog Record: A history of Norwegian immigration to the...

A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States from the earliest beginning down to the year 1848, by George T. Flom ... ; Subjects: Norwegians > ...

A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States: from...

A history of Norwegian immigration to the United States: from the earliest beginning down to the year 1848 ; Author. Flom, George T ; Publisher. Varies, see ...

Norwegian Immigration to the US - Engelsk - NDLA

Norwegian emigration to North America began on July 4, 1825, with the sailing of the sloop Restauration from Stavanger bound for New York City.

Norwegian Immigration to Minnesota | MNopedia

Hundreds of thousands of Norwegians immigrated to Minnesota between 1860 and 1920 seeking jobs, farmland, religious freedom, and political ...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States

The author presents the progress of immigration from Norway to this country from the earliest beginning up to the year 1848. Immigration from Norway.

An "American Letter" by Norwegian Immigrants

The first Norwegian immigrants in Wisconsin arrived in 1839, settling on land near Lake Muskego in Waukesha County. The next year, land agents from the Muskego ...

America Fever: A Norwegian Emigration Story - Her Own Words

Individuals and topics covered: Women's History, Women's Studies, Upper Midwest History, Norway, Norwegian-American, Emigration. ... America Fever: A Norwegian ...