Norway House
Midwest: Center of Norwegianness
Norwegians came to the United States in several waves. In all, about 900,000 Norwegians emigrated to America. With the exception of Ireland, no other country saw a larger percentage of its population emigrate to the United States. The Norwegian immigrant chose to settle in agricultural areas and formed a large percentage of the population of the Upper Midwest. That is not to say that Norwegians did not influence both the east and the west coasts of North America, but the Midwest formed the heartland of Norwegian America.