Vikings across the Atlantic: Emigration and the Building of a Greater Norway, 1860-1945
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Vikings across the Atlantic: Emigration and the Building of a Greater Norway, 1860-1945
By (Author) Daron W. Olson
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
11th December 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
948.103
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 38mm
Description
Around the year 1000 a Viking ship landed on the Atlantic coast of what would one day be North America. Nearly a millennium later, on June 7, 1945, Norway's King Haakon VII returned from exile under guard of the American Ninety-ninthor "Viking"Battalion. In Vikings across the Atlantic, Daron W. Olson reveals how these two moments form narrative poles for the vision of a Greater Norway that expanded the boundaries of the Norwegian nation.
Reviews
"Vikings across the Atlantic makes a compelling contribution to studies of Norwegian American immigration and Norwegian nationalism."The Annals of Iowa
"The book includes a great deal of important and revealing information, and anyone who wants to work on this topic should have it as a reference."Scandinavian Studies
Author Bio
Daron W. Olson is assistant professor of history at Indiana University East.
