Ethnic Preservation or Americanization: A Study of Language and Ethnicity in the Danish Brotherhood in America

Authors

Nick Kofod Mogensen

Keywords

immigration, assimilation, ethnic organizations, Danish Brotherhood

Abstract

Once European mass immigration to America began in the mid-nineteenth century, roughly 400,000-450,000 Danish immigrants made their way to the United States,2 with approximately 300,000 of them arriving between 1880-1920.3 Immigrant historians agree that Danish immigrants assimilated rather quickly into American core society, i.e., the white Protestant majority population of Anglo-Saxon descent.4 One of the main reasons for this ease of assimilation was the relative scarcity of concentrated settlements of Danish immigrants compared to other immigrant groups, as Danes oft en sett led in areas in America with few other Danish immigrants.

Recommended Citation

Mogensen, Nick Kofod (2017) "Ethnic Preservation or Americanization: A Study of Language and Ethnicity in the Danish Brotherhood in America," The Bridge: Vol. 40: No. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol40/iss1/11