Scandinavian Heritage Park in Minot, North Dakota. 30.8% of the population in North Dakota is of Norwegian ancestry.14.0% of the population in South Dakota is of Norwegian ancestry.
A Norwegian Dakotan is a Norwegian American (a person with Norwegian ancestry) in the U.S. states of North and South Dakota. One in three of all North Dakotans is of Norwegian heritage, which is the highest among all U.S. states. South Dakota is number three, behind Minnesota. The immigrants settled primarily between 1870 and 1920.
As of 2009, 312,697 Dakotans claim Norwegian ancestry, 21.4% of the region's population (30.8% of North Dakota's population and 14.0% of South Dakota's population), or 6.7% of the total Norwegian American population.
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Party), 1932, 1936 and 1964. (Democrat George McGovern—a native South Dakotan—failed to carry his home state in 1972.) Only Alaska has been carried fewer...
the people of Galchutt Lutheran Church of Galchutt, North Dakota. NorwegianDakotan "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic...
Survey estimated that 42.8% (345,951) of South Dakotans were of German ancestry, 14.7% (118,603) were Norwegian, 11.1% (89,912) were Irish, 6.9% (55,425) were...
of a task force that considered options to reduce the number of South Dakotans lacking health insurance.[citation needed] In 2009, Daugaard promoted legislation...
2018; born in Bismarck Gerhard Brandt Naeseth (1913–1994) – founder of Norwegian-American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library; born in Valley City...
European origin. 44.9% of the population are of German ancestry, 21.8% of Norwegian, and 9.6% are of Irish heritage.[citation needed] Both of the Dakotas...
drug cartels with no evidence of organized crime on the part of South Dakotans. Several tribes demanded that Noem apologize for her comments. By May 2024...
other state. Norwegians played a large role in settling the area, and nearly one-third of North Dakotans claim Norwegian ancestry. Norwegian ancestry was...
the Norwegian-American immigrant community. Rolfsrud was born near Keene, North Dakota to Nils (1878–1920) and Rebecca Rolfsrud (1875–1935), Norwegian immigrant...
America was Kitty Page in 1949. In 2017, Cara Mund became the first North Dakotan to win the Miss America title, when she won the Miss America 2018 pageant...
"Neomexicanos", "Neomejicanos") Normandy → Normans North Dakota → North Dakotans Northwest Territories → Northwest Territorians Nova Scotia → Nova Scotians...
the United States Congress. Entry for Peter Norbeck at the Weekly South Dakotan website Entry for Peter Norbeck at the South Dakota State Historical Society...
Dewey as Leader in Practice". The New York Times. May 13, 1940. "North Dakotans for Roosevelt". The New York Times. May 14, 1940. "NORTH CAROLINA GIVES...
Retrieved December 16, 2014. "About the Jerauld County Heritage Museum". True Dakotan. Retrieved December 16, 2014. "J.W. Parmley Historical Home Society". Association...
Legislator of the Year and the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce's Greater North Dakotan award. On January 20, 2010, Berg officially announced he was seeking the...
radioactive elements". He was the first at Berkeley as well as the first South Dakotan to become a Nobel Laureate, and the first to be so honored while at a state-supported...
Chimichanga – Mexican and Southwestern American dish Chislic – Traditional South Dakotan dish similar to shashlik Chugchucaras – Food of Ecuador Churro – Fried-dough...
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