Norwegian Diaspora: Norwegian Emigrants, Norwegian Expatriates, Norwegian Migration to North America, People of Norwegian Descent

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Norwegian emigrants, Norwegian expatriates, Norwegian migration to North America, People of Norwegian descent, Norwegian American, Norwegian Canadian, Norwegian Minnesotan, Carl Anton Larsen, I Remember Mama, Louk Sorensen, The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States, Nordic Heritage Museum, Muskego Settlement, Uff da, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Ole and Lena, Skandinaven, Rosemaling, Norse-American Centennial, Leif Erikson Day, Restauration, Jefferson Prairie Settlement, Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, Norge, Virginia, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Eielsen Synod, Lapskaus Boulevard, Decorah Posten, Little Norway, Wisconsin, Hauge Synod, Chicago Norske Klub, Einstein Kristiansen, Norsk Hostfest, Norskedalen, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Scandinavian Heritage Park, St. Olaf Kirke, Roberto Holsen, Hilton family, Norway Lutheran Church, Nordic Fest, Chapel in the Hills, Kveldulf Bjalfason, Julebukking, Minnekirken, Skumsrud Heritage Farm, Symra, Dagbladet, Sons of Norway. Excerpt: Norwegian Americans (Norwegian: ) are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and most live in the Upper Midwest. Norwegian Americans currently comprise the 10th largest American ancestry group. Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland were the first Europeans to reach North America in what is today Newfoundland, Canada; the Norwegian Leif Ericson reached North America via Norse settlements in Greenland around the year 1000, nearly five centuries before Columbus reached the Caribbean. Leif Ericson was the son of Erik the Red (Old Norse: Eirikr inn rauoi), a Norse explorer from Jaeren in Wes..