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South American people of Norwegian descent (7 C) + Norwegian emigrants (29 C, 5 P) Families of Norwegian ancestry (1 C, 3 P) A. Australian people of Norwegian descent ...
In the third, from 1919 to 1930, 21,874 people came directly from Norway, with the peak year in 1927, when 5,103 Norwegians arrived, spurred by severe depression at home. They came with limited means, many leaving dole queues. 7% of the population in Saskatoon in Canada is of Norwegian ancestry.
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.
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
Norwegian Lutheran churches began to hold their services in English, and the younger generation of Norwegian Americans were encouraged to speak English rather than Norwegian. When Norway itself was liberated from Nazi Germany in 1945, relatively few Norwegian Americans under the age of 40 still spoke Norwegian as their primary language ...
In the 1500s and 1600s there was a small scattering of Norwegian people and culture as Norwegian tradesmen moved along the routes of the timber trade. [2] The 19th century wave of Norwegian emigration began in 1825. The Midwestern United States, especially the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, was the destination of most people who left Norway ...
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.
Pages in category "American people of Norwegian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 897 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .