New York Harbor with sailing ships in 1825, painted by the artist William Guy Wall.

First organized emigration from Norway

Cleng Peerson og tidlig emigrasjon, Innvandring, utvandring og migrasjonskjeder, Migrasjonskjede Cleng Peerson / By

The first organized emigration from Norway to the USA was triggered by the persecution of a small Quaker sect in Stavanger around 1820. The Quakers in Stavanger, western Norway, felt harassed by the state church, by the authorities, and people in the local community. The Quakers and religious freedom During the Napoleonic Wars, from 1807 […]

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