Norway in America

Thor M. Andersen Bibliography (TMA)

Uses and Users, Some Examples

Migration researchers, psychologists
To be a migrant can mean a crisis of identity. How did the emigrants from Norway describe their experience? What can their writings say about the problems of immigrants in Norway today?

Norwegian local historians
Which emigrant with roots in Drangedal in Telemark sat in the US Congress 1923-27 and what poems did he write?

What did emigrant Kristian Bredeson (1859-1927) remember about Solør?

American local historians
Is there any information about the Norwegian colony in Cereal, Alberta, Canada?

Jens Wahl was one of the first white settlers in Lincoln Co., S.D. and author of an early county history. Who was he? Where did he come from and what did he do?

Genealogists
Is there an obituary of Ole Hanson Løkken (1819-1902), Windom, MN ?

Ole Olson Walhovd, born 1860, was a farmer in Nelson Co., N.D. Where did he come from in Norway? Are there any biographical articles about Mr. Walhovd?

Historians
What information is available on the life and work of Norwegians in the fishing industry on the West Coast of the US and in British Columbia?

Norwegian emigrants were active in the Civil War. What role did the 15th Wisconsin regiment play?

Literature historians
Find a list of newspaper articles written by Norwegian-American author Waldemar Ager.

What did Norwegian-American critics write about Ibsen’s A Doll’s House when it was produced in Chicago in the 1880s?

Bygdelag
Is there a newspaper article about Opdalslaget’s stevne in 1927 in Canton, S.D.?

Is it possible to locate articles in your lag’s periodical printed before 1931?

Church historians
Kristofer Janson was active in the Unitarian church in Minnesota. Is there any information on this movement among Norwegians in America?

What was the position of Norwegian Lutheran congregations in America on the slavery issue?

Sociolinguists
Rasmus B. Anderson wrote a book in Chicago in 1874 about the use of New Norwegian. The book led to a great debate. Where were letters-to-the-editor in this debate published?

The change-over from the use of Norwegian to the use of English in church and school was an important issue. What documentation can you find about this issue?

Ethnologists
The emigrants from Norway took many traditions with them. What was preserved? What was modified? What disappeared? Are there any articles on Norwegian farming in the US and Canada?