Norway's Culture
By: Aarin S. Mhashelkar
Push factors
- Bad economy
- Bad social life
- Government couldn't support the people
Pull factors
- Those Norweigans seeking economic and social betterment
- Came for land to farm
- Wanted new life
Where are they located
- In 1844, Johan Reinert Reiersen praised Texas in his letters home to Norway
- The next year, he settled on land in Henderson County
- He named his colony Normandy
- Later changed to Brownsboro
Food from Norway
Norweigan flat bread
Norweigan potato club
Norweigan butter cookies
Important people
Johannes Nordboe
- First permanent Norwegian settler in Texas
ERIK THE RED
- Started exploring era for Norway
Thor Heyerdhal
- Another great adventurer
- Archeologists
- Writer
Customs
- Usually just eat bread and potato
- Having dinner at 8:00 or after is unusual
- Sami's people day
Intresting facts
- Many Norwegians drive across the border to Sweden to shop ( high prices )
- Norwegian are one of the only people who hunt whales
What did they bring
- Culture/Beliefs
- Farming industry
Is Texas better off because of immigration
Yes
- Helped develop trading relations with individual countries
- Cultural diversity
- More social environment
- Economic Development
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