Book Review: The United States in Norwegian History

Authors

Max Silberschmidt Zurich

Keywords

Swiss American Historical Society, book review

Abstract

This book is significant for a number of reasons. It is not generally known that after Ireland Norway "is the European nation which has sent the largest percentage of its population to America." The number of emigrants is not impression as such because Norway is, in population today four million, a very small country. "Norwegian America," however, is a factor in Norway's history, of more weight and of greater importance than Swiss-America is Swiss history, for the simple reason that the United States was the land of emigration for Norwegians. Naturally enough, because it is, transatlantically speaking, its direct neighbor!

Recommended Citation

Zurich, Max Silberschmidt (1977) "Book Review: The United States in Norwegian History," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 13: Iss. 3, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol13/iss3/6