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Pronouns in Norwegian and American dialects are relatively similar. [1]Due to less input in Norwegian, Norwegian-Americans acquire fewer native words. This has led to more loaning and calquing from English into American Norwegian (e.g. lage leving, a literal translation of "make [a] living", rather than the native expression tjene til livets opphold) as well as the preservation of words now ...
Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad – umbrella organization for Norwegian-American bygdelags or lags in North America Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce – promotes trade and goodwill and to foster business, financial and professional interest between Norway and the United States of America
Einar Ingvald Haugen (/ ˈ h aʊ ɡ ən /; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist and writer known for his influential work in American sociolinguistics [1] and Norwegian-American studies, [2] [3] including Old Norse studies.
Norwegian (endonym: norsk ⓘ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language.Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close.
The Norwegian American (NA) is a newspaper that publishes material contributed by writers from Norway and the Norwegian American community. The Norwegian American is distributed on a monthly basis by mail to thousands of subscribers in the US, Canada and other parts of the world. Prior to May 2016, the paper was distributed on a weekly basis ...
A Norwegian Dakotan is a Norwegian American (a person with Norwegian ancestry) in the U.S. states of North and South Dakota. One in three of all North Dakotans is of Norwegian heritage, which is the highest among all U.S. states. South Dakota is number three, behind Minnesota. The immigrants settled primarily between 1870 and 1920.
Norway's 'trillion-dollar-man' believes America's attitude towards failure is helping propel the nation ahead of its European counterparts—where workers may have a better work-life balance but ...
Hans Christian Heg – (1829–1863) Norwegian- American politician and soldier in the American Civil War from Wisconsin Ralph Herseth – (1909–1969) the 21st Governor of South Dakota Ole P. Hoff – (1853–1924) Norwegian-American Republican politician and the first commissioner of labor in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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