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Norwegian Settlement in the United States. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Rygg, Andreas Nilsen (1941). Norwegians in New York, 1825—1925. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Norwegian News Co. Thaler, Peter (1998). Norwegian Minds--American Dreams: Ethnic Activism among Norwegian-American Intellectuals. Newark and London: University of Delaware Press.
The majority of Norwegian immigrants settled in the Midwest, particularly in states like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. They were drawn to these areas due to the familiar landscape and climate, as well as the availability of farmland. Cities such as Minneapolis became significant urban centers for the Norwegian-American community. [1]
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. [3] The first modern Norwegian-American settlement in Minnesota was at Norwegian Ridge, in what is now Spring Grove, Minnesota. [4]
Swedish American Historical Quarterly 65 (2014): 3–30. Norwegian-American press argued the colonial settlement was Scandinavian not just Swedish. Rasmussen, Anders Bo. Civil War Settlers: Scandinavians, Citizenship, and American Empire, 1848-1870 (2022) see online book also see online book review
The Fox River Settlement was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest. [1] It was located in La Salle County, Illinois [ 2 ] in Mission and Miller Townships, with a part of Rutland Township . [ 3 ]
Lovoll, Odd Sverre (1984), The Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People, (Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press), ISBN 0-8166-1331-1; Nelson, E. Clifford; Fevold, Eugene L. (1960), The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing)
Of Minnesota's population in the year 2000, 850,742 said that they have Norwegian ancestry.Of them 414,901 (48.8%) were male, and 435,841 (51.2%) were female. As of 2008, the median age was 36, in contrast to 35 for the whole Minnesotan population, 36.7 for the whole American population, and 39.4 for Norway's population.
Muskego Settlement's original Norway Lutheran Church, since moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Muskego Settlement was one of the first Norwegian-American settlements in the United States. Situated near today's Muskego, Wisconsin, the Muskego Settlement covered areas within what is now the town of Norway in Racine County, Wisconsin. [1]