Sigdal to Dodge Olmsted
Sigdal emigrants in Dodge and Olmsted
Norwegian emigration historian Ingrid Semmingsen* has written that “From 1836 to 1845 nearly two-thirds of all emigrants came from Telemark, Numedal, and Hallingdal.” In the 1850s and later, the Dodge-Olmsted settlement received a sizable percentage of people from Telemark and Buskerud (Buskerud shown in red on the map, at right.) Sigdal, within Buskerud, contributed 156 known residents of this Minnesota community. The neighboring Eggedal sent 7, and Krødsherad, 7 more. Researcher Scott Brunner of Sigdalslag has made this report available:
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Sigdal Immigrants to East-West St. Olaf Settlement (updated 8 April 2009)
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*Semmingsen, Norway to America: A History of the Migration (trans Einar Haugen) c1978, page 33.
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