[PDF] Norwegian American Saga eBook

Author : Christopher Sverre Norborg
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Fraternal organizations
ISBN :

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History of the Sons of Norway Fraternal organization. Biographies of presidents.

Author : Lorraine J. Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Norwegian Americans
ISBN :

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Kittil Hanson or Kjetil Hanssen was born 13 July 1790 in Oy, Vradal, Telemark, Norway. His parents were Hans Jorgenson and Alet Jacobsdatter. He married Dagne Jorundsdatter (1801-1892), daughter of Jorund Gundarsen and Gumbjorg Andransdatter, 17 October 1819. They had eleven children. They emigrated in 1843 and settled in Wisconsin. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Norway, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Montana, Florida, Texas and California.

Author : Betty A. Bergland
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 36,94 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0873518330

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Explores the vital role of women in the creation of Norwegian American communities--from farm to factory and as caregivers, educators, and writers.

Author : Sig Hansen
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429993774

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NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen's rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family's struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American Dream Sig Hansen has been a star of the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch from the pilot to the present. Seen in over 150 countries, the show attracts more than 49 million viewers per season, making it one of the most successful series in the history of cable TV. With its daredevil camera work, unpredictably dangerous weather, and a setting as unforgivable and unforgettable as the frigid Bering Sea, The Deadliest Catch is unlike anything else on television. But the weatherworn fishermen of the fishing vessel Northwestern have stories that don't come through on TV. For Sig Hansen and his brothers, commercial fishing is as much a part of their Norwegian heritage as their names. Descendants of the Vikings who roamed and ruled the northern seas for centuries, the Hansens' connection to the sea stretches from Alaska to Seattle and all the way to Norway. And after twenty years as a skipper on the commercial fishing vessel the Northwestern--which was his father's before him--Sig has lived to tell the tales. To be a successful fisherman, you need to be a mechanic, navigator, welder, painter, carpenter, and sometimes, a firefighter. To be a successful fisherman year after year, you need to be a survivor. This is the story of a family of survivors; part memoir and part adventure tale, North by Northwestern brings readers on deck, into the dockside bars and into the history of a family with a common destiny. Built around a gripping tale of a deadly shipwreck like The Perfect Storm, North By Northwestern is the multi-generational tale of the Hansen family, a clan of tough Norwegian-American fishermen who, through the popularity of The Deadliest Catch, have become modern folk-heroes.