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  1. Norwegian Americans (Bokmål: Norskamerikanere, Nynorsk: Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century.

  2. Nordic immigration to North America encompasses the movement of people from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland to the North America, mainly the United States and Canada, from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

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  4. American Norwegian ( Norwegian: amerikansk norsk) is a koiné dialect of Norwegian spoken by Norwegian-Americans . While American Norwegian is not archaic in its use of grammar, its lexicon can be described as slightly archaic. [1] [2] History. Immigration. American Norwegian formed as a result of Norwegians migrating to the United States. [2] .

  5. North America, by the name Winland, first appeared in written sources in a work by Adam of Bremen from approximately 1075. The most important works about North America and the early Norse activities there, namely the Sagas of Icelanders, were recorded in the 13th and 14th centuries.

  6. Oct 24, 2023 · Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than five million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and most live in the Upper Midwest.

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