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New Zealand people of Norwegian descent (1 C, 6 P) This page was last edited on 27 October 2023, at 08:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Norwegian people of Swiss descent (8 P) T. Norwegian people of Turkish descent (2 C, 12 P) U. Norwegian people of Ukrainian descent (1 C, 2 P) Z.
Pages in category "Norwegian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 893 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Norwegian surnames were originally patronymic and similar to the surnames used in modern Iceland, consisting of the father's name and one of the suffixes "-sen"/"-son" (son) or "-datter"/"-dotter" (daughter), depending on the person's gender. Unlike modern surnames (family names), they were specific to a person and were not transferred to a ...
Norwegian or Norse Vikings [30] raided and settled in Shetland, Orkney, Ireland, Scotland, and northern England. In the United Kingdom, many names for places ending in -kirk, -ness, -thorpe, -toft and -by are likely Norse in origin. [31] In 947, a new wave of Norwegian Vikings appeared in England when Erik Bloodaxe captured York.
This is a list of notable Norwegian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The list is ordered by category of human endeavour. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.
Surnames of Norwegian origin (1 C, 54 P) S. Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Scandinavian origin"
Tormod Granheim, climber and extreme skier, 1st ski descent Mount Everest North Face, 2006 Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002), explorer and anthropologist , famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition Helge Ingstad (1899–2001), explorer, first to prove ca. 1000 AD Viking settlements in America