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Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota is also associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and was founded by Norwegian settlers in 1891. Other Norwegian Lutheran colleges include: Augsburg University, Augustana College, Bethany Lutheran College, Pacific Lutheran University, St. Olaf College, and Waldorf College.
The first Norwegian settlement in Minnesota was Norwegian Ridge, in what is now Spring Grove, Minnesota. Another such settlement was the 1851 colony in Goodhue County, Minnesota. They soon settled in Fillmore County as well. By 1860, half of Minnesota's 12,000 Norwegians resided in Goodhue, Fillmore, and Houston Counties. Ten years later, these ...
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]
A Norwegian Dakotan is a Norwegian American (a person with Norwegian ancestry) in the U.S. states of North and South Dakota. One in three of all North Dakotans is of Norwegian heritage, which is the highest among all U.S. states. South Dakota is number three, behind Minnesota. The immigrants settled primarily between 1870 and 1920.
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]
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 ...
Audun Endestad – Norwegian-born American cross-country skier, author, and field guide; Alf Engen (1909–1997) – Norwegian-born skier and skiing school owner/teacher; set several ski jumping world records in the 1930s; Corey Engen (1916–2006) – captain of the U.S. Nordic ski team at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Norwegian-American Historical Association. Northfield, MN. 1951) Muskego: Then and Now (Ringerike-Drammen District Lag. Volume 23, Number 2. May 2008) Blegen, Theodore C. (1940) Norwegian Migration to America, 1825-1860 (Northfield, MN: Norwegian-American Historical Association) Barton, A. O. The Old Muskego Settlement ( Waukesha Freeman ...