List of Norwegian Americans

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This is a list of Norwegian Americans, or people born in the United States to Norwegian lineage. See also Norwegian-Americans.

The list is ordered by category of human endavour. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

List

Arts and entertainment

Actors

Musicians

Blossom Dearie - singer
Linda Eder - singer

Literature, journalism

Rasmus B. Anderson - witer/historian/professor
Carl Hiaasen - author
Eric Sevareid - newspaper reporter/TV news commentator, one of The Murrow boys.

Military and exploration

Knut Haukelid - Norwegian Army Officer born in the U.S.
Lauris Norstad - soldier, served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe
Sally Ride - astronaut

References

James Arness - Norwegian American
Peter Graves - Norwegian American
Sigrid Gurie: Norwegian American Actress
Carole Landis, Norwegian American
(1979 - ) film/television actress (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)Loken - "Norwegian model-turned-actress Kristanna Loken"
"Norwegian American Actor" "E. G. Marshall was born Everett Gunnar Marshall, on June 18, 1910, to Norwegian American parents"
Norwegian American Hall of Fame
Linda Eder, Norwegian American - a Linkpage
"A prominent Norwegian-American remembers his life in Wisconsin"
"He's this clean-cut Norwegian guy, and he couldn't be nicer, more courteous or more gracious"
"It could be said that just as Eric Sevareid was a Norwegian-American"
Knut Haukelid & THE REAL HEROES OF TELEMARK - slideshow
General Lauris Norstad, Norwegian American; a Linkpage
Sally Ride - Norwegian American Space Pioneer

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