Danish Farmers in the Middle West

Authors

Erik Helmer Pedersen

Keywords

Danish farmers, America, Middle West, carpenter, Madsen family

Abstract

A former Danish carpenter and farmer, Niels Madsen, his wife, Anna, and their six children, aged 15 to 3 years, were among the passengers on board the America wooden paddle-steamer "Northern Light" when the ship on May 1, 1869, left Copenhagen. It was bound for New York, but enroute it had to call at Gothenburg in Sweden and Christiana in Norway. The Madsen family had left their native village of Klippinge at Stevns, in the company of about 30 other emigrants, headed by a so-called "yankee," Mr. A. Clausen, who during the spring of 1869 had formed an emigration group. The aim of this group was to settle in Iowa, as Mr. Clausen had lived there for several years before his journey back to his native country, Denmark.

Recommended Citation

Pedersen, Erik Helmer (1982) "Danish Farmers in the Middle West," The Bridge: Vol. 1: No. 8, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol1/iss8/8