Norwegian Americans

E1127

diaspora community ethnic group in the United States

Norwegian Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Norwegian ancestry, known for their significant contributions to agriculture, politics, and Midwestern cultural life.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Norwegian American	16
Norwegian Americans canonical	14
Norwegian immigration to the United States	1
Norwegian-American community	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group in the United States ⓘ
ancestralPeople	Norwegians ⓘ
countryOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContribution	Lutheran church life in the Midwest ⓘ Midwestern agricultural development ⓘ Syttende Mai celebrations in the United States ⓘ Upper Midwest cuisine ⓘ folk music and dance traditions ⓘ
culturalOrganization	Norwegian-American Historical Association ⓘ Sons of Norway ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Norway ⓘ
heritageFood	krumkake ⓘ lefse ⓘ lutefisk ⓘ rommegrot ⓘ
heritageSymbol	Norwegian flag ⓘ bunad (Norwegian folk costume) ⓘ
historicalMigrationWave	19th century European immigration to the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ surface form: Norwegian
largestSettlementRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
majorImmigrationPeriod	1840s ⓘ 1850s ⓘ 1860s ⓘ 1870s ⓘ 1880s ⓘ 1890s ⓘ
newspaperTradition	Norwegian-language press in the United States ⓘ
notableCityCommunity	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Minneapolis ⓘ Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ surface form: St. Paul
notableStateConcentration	Illinois ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state) Wisconsin ⓘ
politicalInfluence	Farmer–Labor movements in the Midwest ⓘ Progressive Era politics in the Upper Midwest ⓘ
pullFactor	availability of farmland in the American Midwest ⓘ economic opportunity in the United States ⓘ
pushFactor	limited farmland in Norway ⓘ rural poverty in Norway ⓘ
relatedGroup	Scandinavian Americans ⓘ surface form: Danish Americans Norwegian Canadians ⓘ Scandinavian Americans ⓘ Scandinavian Americans ⓘ surface form: Swedish Americans
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
typicalOccupationHistorical	dairy farming ⓘ family farming ⓘ logging ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norman Borlaug → ethnicGroup → Norwegian Americans ⓘ

Sons of Norway → ethnicFocus → Norwegian Americans ⓘ

Norwegian-American Historical Association → servesCommunity → Norwegian Americans ⓘ

Christine → ethnicGroup → Norwegian Americans ⓘ

subject surface form: Christine Teigen