The Year of Migration 2025 Stories from the Archives
A New Life in Uncertain Times: Ingeborg Gullestad’s American Story, 1928–1930s
What happens when the world economy collapses and you find yourself alone in a foreign country – young, newly arrived, and full of hope for […]
Restauration 1825 – The Beginning of Norwegian Emigration to America
In the summer of 1825, the sloop Restauration left Stavanger, Norway, with seven crew members and forty-five passengers. This voyage marked the start of organized […]
From a Norwegian Reformatory School to the Editor’s Desk in New York
Karsten Rødder’s life in America began at the age of fourteen when he was formally discharged from a state-run reformatory school where he had lived […]
Jeanette and Jakob Reichwald – Jewish Refugees from Austria to Norway in 1938
Jewish refugees in Norway faced both hope and hardship. In 1938, Jeanette and Jakob Reichwald fled Austria and applied for permission to settle in Norway, […]
Martin Wølstad – A Klondike Gold Prospector
What would make a young man — just sixteen years old — leave his parents, siblings, and home to venture out into the world? As […]
Halvor Johannessen: The Orphan Who Became a Family Man and Emigrated to America with His Wife and Children
In 1850, Halvor Johannessen and his family made the life-changing decision to leave Norway and seek a better future in America. But who was Halvor? […]