Norwegian Pioneers

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-in the Seven Regions of the World

Norwegian men and women, churches and congregations in Aitutaki, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Denmark, Greenland, Hawaii, Israel, Natal, New Zealand, Russia/Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, South-Korea and USA.

-Very interesting stories
Nearly everyone in Norway has either close or distant relatives who have emigrated to foreign countries. Many of us like to read about these emigrants. This book gives you some very interesting and exciting stories about Norwegian men and women in 15 countries around the world. Perhaps you will find your own relatives? This book is well worth reading.

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 1993-2005. Party
leader The Norwegian Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)
1995-2004. Minister in the Norwegian Government 1997-2000
and 2001-2005. Executive director of churches in Oslo.

For sale at the end of September.

Norwegian Soldiers in the Prison Camps

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-during the American Civil War

English Version of Some Featured Selections

About 60 pages in the book have English text

-Introduction

-Letters from Norwegians Soldiers in the Union Army

-Bjorn Aslakson: Andersonville - the Place of Despair

-Ole Steensland About His Terrible Sufferings in Andersonville

-Colonel Ole Johnson Skipnes:

-Suffered in Libby Prison, Escaped from Prison Train, Fled One Month Behind Enemy Lines

- Vesterheim Museum:

"This book is the most extensive compilation of the stories from and facts about

Norwegian soldiers in Civil War prison camps….enriched by Greipsland’s analyzations.”

Aloha

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Aloha from forgotten Norwegians in Hawaii
From life in slavery to life in a vacation paradise