10 Facts About Norwegian American

Norwegian American immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century.

Norwegian American'smother's parents were Roelof Janse, born in Marstrandson, a small island situated in Bahuslen province in Norway and Anneke Jans, born on Flekkerøy, an island situated outside the town of Kristiansand, Vest-Agder county, Norway.

Early Norwegian American settlements were in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Illinois, but moved westward into Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas.

Later waves of Norwegian American immigration went to the Western states such as Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Utah through missionary efforts of gaining Norwegian American and Swedish converts by the Mormons.

The majority of the pioneer immigrants, the so-called "Sloopers, " assisted by Norwegian American Quakers, went to Orleans County in western New York state and settled in what became Kendall Township.

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From Illinois, Norwegian American pioneers followed the general spread of population northwestward into Wisconsin.

Enclaves of Norwegian American immigrants emerged as well in greater Brooklyn, New York, in Alaska, and Texas.

The Norwegian language is likely to never die out in the U S because there is still immigration, of course on a much smaller scale, but they often emigrate to other areas, like Texas, where the number of Norwegian speakers increase.

Norwegian American Lutheran church was a focal point in rural settlements in the Upper Midwest.

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy of the synth pop band a-ha is Norwegian American, having been born and raised in Oslo.