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Title: Where Have all the Norwegians Gone? Norwegians in the Pacific Northwest, 1940-2005

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2006

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Abstract: While too many scholars tend to assert that European immigrants have "melted" away in the West, that appears not to be the case among Norwegians and other Scandinavians in the Pacific Northwest. The Census data do show both an increasing dispersion of Norwegians from the traditional center in Ballard (northwest Seattle) and an increasing proportion of persons with mixed Norwegian and other ethnicities, indicating increasing intermarriage. However, a close study of the plethora of events readily shows that the Norwegian community retains a considerable degree of vibrancy and has by no means melted. And that includes the on-going strong attachments to Norway it self.

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Authors: Barkan, Elliott R.

Conference Name: Norwegian American Historical Assn

Publisher Location: Hamar, Norway

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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