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1. From Scandinavia to America : proceedings from a conference
   held at Gl. Holtegaard / Byhistorisk arkiv for Sollerod
   kommune ; edited by Steffen Elmer Jorgensen, Lars Scheving,
   and Niels Peter Stilling. - [Odense] : Odense University
   Press, 1987. - 377 p : ill., maps. -

   (Odense University studies in history and social sciences,
   vol. 103)
   E184.S18F75 1987

   Includes bibliographical references.
   88-114767
   
   Twenty-one papers studying causes and effects of Danish
   emigration, with a general history of the movement as well as
   case studies of Lolland-Falster, Mon and Sollerod.
   Transportation of emigrants is described. Settlement and
   assimilation in the Midwest includes personal letters, changes
   in emigrants' language habits, six studies of the Scandinavian
   press in North America, and efforts to preserve
   Danish-American history. Each paper includes notes and a
   bibliography.

2. Nelson, Olof Nickolaus, d 1917, ed.
   History of the Scandinavians and successful Scandinavians in
   the United States. - 2d, rev. ed. - Minneapolis, Minn. : O. N.
   Nelson & company, 1900. - 2 v. in 1 : plates, ports.
   
   E184.S18N42
   00-927

   Essays that tell the story of Scandinavian Americans from the
   earliest Norse voyages to the date of publication, although
   only Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes are included. The social
   life, churches and synods, educational institutions and
   individual settlements are treated in considerable detail,
   with many individuals' names mentioned.

   Churches are particularly well represented, and their
   histories discussed in detail.
   
   There is an index of biographies included in this book, an
   index of portrait photographs, and a thirty-page annotated
   bibliography of Scandinavian historical literature in
   America. The latter includes biographies, county histories,
   histories of educational and other institutions, tours of
   Scandinavian settlements in America, ethnic newspapers, and
   collections of advertisements for Scandinavian-American
   businesses.

3. Nordics in America : the future of their past / edited by Odd
   S. Lovoll. - Northfield, Minn. : Norwegian American Historical
   Association, 1993. - xii, 228 p : ill.
   E184.S18N58 1993

   Includes bibliographical references.
   93-184685

   Papers by seventeen specialists on the Scandinavian experience
   in America, viewing past events as they have shaped the
   present and will influence the future. They include
   history of Danes, Norwegians, Swedes and Finns in North
   American education and art, reviews of published history of
   these groups, preservation of ethnic identity, literary
   representations, immigrant letters from America, letters sent
   from Denmark to immigrants in America, and formal efforts to
   preserve the American-Scandinavian heritage. Each paper is
   followed by bibliographical notes.

4. Norman, Hans, 1936-
   Transatlantic connections : Nordic migration to the New World
   after 1800 / Hans Norman & Harald Runblom. - Oslo : Norwegian
   University Press ; Oxford : Distributed world-wide
   excluding Scandinavia by Oxford University Press, [1988?] -
   335 p. [9] p. of plates (1 fold.) : ill. (some col.)
   JV6704.N67 1988

   Includes bibliographical references.
   89-130346

   An analysis of causes of migration within and from Iceland,
   Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, including patterns of
   movement and settlement in America. These studies make clear
   the considerable differences in the migration movements of the
   four Nordic nations, describing the phenomenon by country and
   by regions within each country and describing the effects that
   settlement in new lands had on each group.

   "America" as used in this work comprises Canada, the United
   States and Latin America, and includes both urban and rural
   settlement. Aspects of immigrant life studied are
   agriculture, commerce, religion, labor and trade unions,
   language maintenance and a unique chapter on immigrant authors
   and "literary careers on two continents."

   End material includes an eight-page overview of research on
   emigration from Nordic countries, statistics on Nordic-born
   immigrants to Canada, the United States and Australia by
   province and state, a list of administrative areas in the four
   Nordic countries illustrated by a fold-out map, and an
   eighteen-page bibliography.

5. Scandinavia overseas : patterns of cultural transformation in
   North America and Australia : papers delivered at a seminar at
   Uppsala University, October 18, 1984 / Herald Runblom & Dag
   Blanck, editors. - Uppsala : Centre for Multiethnic Research,
   Uppsala University, Faculty of Arts, 1986. - 145 p : ill. -

   (Uppsala multiethnic papers, 7)
   E184.S23S28 1986

   Includes bibliographies.
   87-134910

   Nine specialists in Sweden, Canada, Australia and the United
   States describe aspects of cultural change resulting from
   emigration, referring primarily to emigrants from Sweden.
   Aspects studied include community life and the preservation of
   ethnic consciousness, ethnic press and education, and rural
   life and architecture in the American Midwest.