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Uff da! "Scandinavian Traditions" produced by Prairie Public Television

In the late 1800s, one out of every six adults living in Scandinavian countries emigrated to North America. They came to the New World for many reasons: younger sons from Norway seeking land, young Swedish wives following their husbands to a land of promise, older Finnish men hoping to improve their sons' lives, families leaving behind the villages in Iceland their ancestors lived in for generations. They left their old lives behind them but they brought the icons of their heritage with them in hand-painted immigrant trunks. They brought with them a legacy of art, fine handcrafts, music, storytelling, and food traditions. More Information

 

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Women in traditional Scandinavian dress

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