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Book Synopsis Scandinavian Roots, American Lives by : Krister Björklund
Download or read book Scandinavian Roots, American Lives written by Krister Björklund and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to emigration from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden to North American, particularly in the mid- to late-1800's. Includes primary source material in the form of period photographs.
Book Synopsis Scandinavians in America by : John Robert Christianson
Download or read book Scandinavians in America written by John Robert Christianson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :David A. Anderson and Ann Baudin Stuller on behalf of the Board of Directors of Swedish Roots in Oregon Publisher :Arcadia Publishing ISBN 13 :1467105732 Total Pages :128 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (671 download)
Book Synopsis Swedes in Oregon by : David A. Anderson and Ann Baudin Stuller on behalf of the Board of Directors of Swedish Roots in Oregon
Download or read book Swedes in Oregon written by David A. Anderson and Ann Baudin Stuller on behalf of the Board of Directors of Swedish Roots in Oregon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the first Swedish-born immigrants to Oregon began settling in the 1850s, Swedes have had a big impact on its development. Among the first immigrants was shoemaker Carl M. Wiberg, who arrived in the summer of 1852 and settled in Portland. By 1930, roughly 45 percent of all Swedish immigrants were living in the Portland metro area. Other areas of Swedish settlement included Astoria, Coos Bay, Tillamook, southwestern Oregon, and Morrow County. At first, the Swedish language was the unifying force among the immigrants. Today, it is the celebration and sharing of Swedish traditions and culture. There are many reasons why Swedes were attracted to the United States, including religious freedom, better economic conditions, and, for young men, escaping compulsory military service. Many immigrant Swedes did not come directly to Oregon but were attracted to the state and its employment opportunities after the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
Book Synopsis History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States by : Olof Nickolaus Nelson
Download or read book History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States written by Olof Nickolaus Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Vikings in the Attic by : Eric Dregni
Download or read book Vikings in the Attic written by Eric Dregni and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Minnesota's Scandinavian roots, tracing the arrival of Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish immigrants to Minnesota, and how their desires for better lives for their children manifested in traditions, foods, and institutions that still exist for their descendants.
Book Synopsis Vikings in the Attic by : Eric Dregni
Download or read book Vikings in the Attic written by Eric Dregni and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with Swedish and Norwegian grandparents with a dash of Danish thrown in for balance, Eric Dregni thought Scandinavians were perfectly normal. Who doesn’t enjoy a good, healthy salad (Jell-O packed with canned fruit, colored marshmallows, and pretzels) or perhaps some cod soaked in drain cleaner as the highlights of Christmas? Only later did it dawn on him that perhaps this was just a little strange, but by then it was far too late: he was hooked and a dyed-in-the-wool Scandinavian himself. But what does it actually mean to grow up Scandinavian-American or to live with these Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danes, and Icelanders among us? In Vikings in the Attic, Dregni tracks down and explores the significant—and quite often bizarre—historic sites, tales, and traditions of Scandinavia’s peculiar colony in the Midwest. It’s a legacy of the unique—collecting silver spoons, a suspicion of flashy clothing, shots of turpentine for the common cold, and a deep love of rhubarb pie—but also one of poor immigrants living in sod houses while their children attend college, the birth of the co-op movement, the Farmer–Labor party, and government agents spying on Scandinavian meetings hoping to nab a socialist or antiwar activist. For all the tales his grandparents told him, Dregni quickly discovers there are quite a few they neglected to mention, such as Swedish egg coffee, which includes the eggshell, and Lutheran latte, which is Swedish coffee with ice cream. Vikings in the Attic goes beyond the lefse, lutefisk, and lusekofter (lice jacket) sweaters to reveal the little-known tales that lie beneath the surface of Nordic America. Ultimately, Dregni ends up proving by example why generations of Scandinavian-Americans have come to love and cherish these tales and traditions so dearly. Well, almost all of them.* * See lutefisk.
Download or read book On the Viking Trail written by Don Lago and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his father developed Alzheimer’s disease, Don Lago realized that the stories and traditions of his Swedish ancestors would be lost along with the rest of his father’s memories. Haunted by this inevitable tragedy, Lago set out to fight back against forgetting by researching and reclaiming his long-lost Scandinavian roots. Beginning his quest with a visit to his ancestral home of Gränna, Sweden, Lago explores all facets of Scandinavian America—Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Icelandic—along the way. He encounters Icelanders living in the Utah desert, a Titanic victim buried beneath a gigantic Swedish coffee pot in Iowa, an Arkansas town named after the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, a real-life Legoland in southern California, and other unique remnants of America’s Scandinavian past. Visits to Sigurd Olson’s legendary cabin on the banks of Burntside Lake in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Carl Sandburg’s birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois, further provide Lago with an acute sense of the Scandinavian values that so greatly influenced, and continue to influence, American society. More than just a travel memoir, On the Viking Trail places Scandinavian immigrants and their history within the wider sweep of American culture. Lago’s perceptive eye and amusing tales remind readers of all ethnic backgrounds that to truly appreciate America one must never forget its immigrant past.
Book Synopsis The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide by : David A. Fryxell
Download or read book The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide written by David A. Fryxell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trace your Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish ancestors! This convenient guide will help you discover your Northern European family history while optimizing your research time. Highlights include: • Strategies for identifying immigrant Scandinavian ancestors, plus how to trace them back to Europe from North America • Methods for locating Swedish genealogy records, Norwegian genealogy records, or Danish genealogy records within your family's town of origin • Detailed guides to finding and decoding common Scandinavian records, including: church records, civil registration records, census returns, property deeds, military records, and many more • Quick guides to Scandinavian history, geography, and language • Historical timelines, sample records, and resource lists that will bring your family history to life If your family tree includes Swedish roots, Danish roots, or Norwegian roots, The Family Tree Scandinavian Genealogy Guide is a must-have for your genealogy research.
Book Synopsis The Scandinavian-American by : Alfred O. Fonkalsrud
Download or read book The Scandinavian-American written by Alfred O. Fonkalsrud and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 by : John Oluf Evjen
Download or read book Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 written by John Oluf Evjen and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of biographical articles on Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish immigrants who settled in New York between 1630 and 1674 and in Mexico, South America, and Canada. Includes some German immigrants in New York from 1630 to 1674.
Download or read book The American Scandinavian written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scando-Americana by : Nordic Association for American Studies
Download or read book Scando-Americana written by Nordic Association for American Studies and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Gerald D. Anderson Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781503354586 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (545 download)
Book Synopsis Prairie Voices by : Gerald D. Anderson
Download or read book Prairie Voices written by Gerald D. Anderson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976, the Northwest Minnesota Regional History Center, a part of the Minnesota Historical Society, conducted a bi-centennial project to record the voices of first and second generation Scandinavian Immigrants in the Upper Midwest, especially in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota. The author traveled to their homes and interviewed more than a hundred immigrants or their children to gather information on the immigrant experience. Among the issues explored with these people were conditions in the home country, reasons for emigration, the route of the emigrations and the voyage to America, initial impressions, and the first year in America. The statistical information on this immigration experience, especially for the Norwegians and the Swedes, is quite excellent, but the oral history project was also attempting to capture the intense feelings of the "divided heart" and the psychological crisis of leaving family and friends behind. The interviews also attempted to gather information as to the acculturation of the immigrants. Which new aspects of America did they accept and which did they reject? Finally, the project attempted to measure the retention of Scandinavian traditions and attitudes as they existed at the time of the Bi-centennial. The Swedes, the Norwegians, the Danes, the Icelanders, and the Finns told of their retention of customs, of their church, of their educational experiences, of their language, of their literature, of their music, and, of course, of their cuisine. This book is arranged with separate chapters to examine these issues, mostly using the verbatim transcripts of the interviews. An old Icelandic woman describes traveling by covered wagon to the plains of North Dakota. An old Norwegian man describes patrolling the Swedish border when war threatened in 1905. An old Swedish woman describes homesteading on the prairie. These are wonderful and poignant words, but a transcript can never capture the musical brogue describing the longing for Norway nor can they portray the tear that rolls down a face as a man describes that last Christmas in Sweden. The author is a retired professor of history who taught at Luther College, North Dakota State University, and Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Book Synopsis I Go to America by : Joy K. Lintelman
Download or read book I Go to America written by Joy K. Lintelman and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate and detailed portrait of young Swedish women who chose to immigrate to America in the nineteenth century--why they left, what they found, and how they survived.
Book Synopsis The Scandinavian American Family Album by : Dorothy Hoobler
Download or read book The Scandinavian American Family Album written by Dorothy Hoobler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scandinavian American Family Album documents the lives of generations of Scandinavian immigrants through their own diaries, letters, interviews, rare photographs, and songs.
Download or read book The Viking Heart written by Arthur Herman and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America
Book Synopsis Scandinavian Unexceptionalism by : Nima Sanandaji
Download or read book Scandinavian Unexceptionalism written by Nima Sanandaji and published by London Publishing Partnership. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future.
