Norwegian Newspapers in America: Connecting Norway and the New Land

From 1847 to the present, more than 280 Norwegian-language papers were launched in cities ranging from Minneapolis to Fargo, Boston to Seattle. Some lasted just a few months; others continued for decades; all contributed to a developing Norwegian American perspective. Where immigrant outposts grew, so did newspapers, and where settlers were far flung, papers in their native tongue offered a taste of home. So too, readers in Norway eagerly awaited news—and changing views—from the new land. Highlighting diligent editors and analyzing topics of interest to readers through the years, Odd Lovoll shows how newspapers maintained ties to the homeland while nurturing cultural practices in the New World.