Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Carl Christian Anton Christensen, is America's Danish-American equivalent of "Grandma Moses." Another early Danish-American artisan was Peter Hanson, a landscape painter, tulip authority, and daguerreian. Hanson was born in Denmark in 1821 and came to America c. 1847, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY, with a photography studio in the Bowery.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Danish Americans in Kansas. Pages in category "Danish-American culture in Kansas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Alexis Bledel, actress, paternal grandfather of Danish descent [3] Michael Bowen, actor, son of actress Sonia Sorel (née Henius), who is the daughter of Danish-American biochemist Max Henius; Keith Carradine, actor, Danish maternal great-grandfather Max Henius, Danish maternal great-grandmother the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg
These efforts often centered around church congregations and societies, such as the Sons of Norway and the Swedish–American Historical Society. Although use of North Germanic languages has largely died out among descendants of the 19th century, Scandinavian identity has been maintained, especially in rural communities.
Danish Brotherhood in America is a fraternal organization that was founded in 1882 in Omaha, Nebraska. It had about 8,000 members in 2010. [ 1 ] A period report said of the Danish Brotherhood, "This is by far the strongest and most influential secular organization about the Danes in America."
Danish America may refer to: Danish Americans, Americans with origins in Denmark; Greenland, North American autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark;
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Around 3.9% of the U.S. population is said to have Fennoscandinavian ancestry (which also includes Norwegian Americans, Danish Americans, Finnish Americans, and Icelandic Americans). According to the 2005 American Community Survey, only 56,324 Americans continue to speak the Swedish language at home, down from 67,655 in 2000, [ 49 ] most of ...