Book

2008.3271

Vikjer ved Fjorden- Vikjer paa Praerien; Ein demografisk komparativ studie med utgangspunkt i Vik i Sogn.
Title
Vikjer ved Fjorden- Vikjer paa Praerien; Ein demografisk komparativ studie med utgangspunkt i Vik i Sogn.
Creation Date
2000
Description
Book "Work by the Fjord, Work on the Prairie" - a demographic compison study of emigrants from Vik in Sogn Norway. Written by Rasmus Sunde - a profesor of migration at the University College of Sign and Fjordane in Sogndal, Norway.
After Ireland, Norway is the country that sent the most emigrants to America in the 1800s. Many of these came from Vik in the Sogn area of Norway.
The book is written in Norwegian.

Related People and Organizations
Sunde, Rasmus
University of Bergen

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