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The Decorah-Posten ceased publication in 1972 when it was purchased by Western Viking. Now known as The Norwegian American , this bilingual publication is the continuation of several former Norwegian-language newspapers, including Decorah-Posten , Ved Arnen , Minneapolis-Tidende , Minnesota Posten , Washington Posten , Norrøna and Skandiaben .
Brynild Anundsen was born at Skien in Telemark, Norway. [ 3] He was the son of Anund Brynildsen Brækkejord (1817–1903) and Maren Amundsdatter Berberg (1812–1883). Anundsen immigrated to the United States during 1864, settling first in La Crosse, Wisconsin. [ 3] He subsequently served as a private in the Union Army during the American Civil ...
Decorah [a] is a city in and the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. [5] The population was 7,587 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 6 ] Decorah is located at the intersection of State Highway 9 and U.S. Route 52 , and is the largest community in Winneshiek County.
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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 ...
Kristian Prestgard (29 April 1866 – 25 January 1946) was a Norwegian-born, American journalist and author. He served as the editor of the Norwegian language newspaper Decorah-Posten in Iowa from 1923 until 1946. [1]
Eva Lund was born at Kongsvinger in Hedmark, Norway. She was twelve years old when her journalist parents emigrated to the United States in 1919. The family moved to Decorah, Iowa in 1927, where both parents worked for the Norwegian-American newspaper, Decorah-Posten. Her father, Einar Lund (1880–1963) was editor of the newspaper from 1946 to ...
(The following is based on a Norwegian-language article in Decorah Posten, a newspaper for Scandinavian immigrants once published in Decorah, Iowa. The paragraph relating to his photography has been added.) Cleven was the youngest of seven siblings, was born in Skudenes, Norway to Ingebjorg and Johannes Kleven.