2025 marks the 200th anniversary of Norwegian emigration to America. 200 Norwegians is a podcast series exploring the lives of 200 Norwegians who have shaped the United States—for better or worse.
This podcast is made in conjunction with Vesterheim Museum, and with support from the Norway House Foundation in San Francisco.
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In the 20th episode of 200 Norwegians, we tell the story of Magnus “Wolf” Larsen, a Norwegian-American boxer whose career rose quickly—and unraveled just as fast.
Born in southern Norway in 1901, Lars...
Stein Eriksen (00:30:54)
In the 19th episode of 200 Norwegians, we tell the story of a man who became the face of an entire sport.
Long before skiing was mainstream in the United States, Stein Eriksen helped trans...
Thorstein Veblen (00:32:13)
In the 18th episode of 200 Norwegians, we tell the story of Thorstein Veblen, a Norwegian-American thinker who spent his life trying to understand why wealthy societies so often lose their way.
Veblen...
Knut Hovden (01:30:06)
In the 17th episode of 200 Norwegians, you learn about Knut Hovden.
He was born on a storm-beaten island outside Bergen in 1880, a frail boy who couldn’t join the fishermen at sea. Instead, he watched...
Campbell Norsgaard (00:43:01)
The sixteenth episode of 200 Norwegians tells the story of Campbell Norsgaard, the photographer who risked his life to document Norway under Nazi occupation—and later captured its rebirth. Imprisoned ...
Per Lysne (00:26:01)
In this episode of 200 Norwegians, we explore how one man’s brushstrokes brought a fading folk art back to life. With insights from Patti Goke, a Vesterheim Gold Medalist, and Håkon Lysne, president o...
Leif Erikson (00:32:53)
In the 14th episode of 200 Norwegian, we tell the story of Leif Erikson—the first European to reach North America—and how his place in U.S. history was revived a thousand years later.
We trace Helge I...
Ole Evinrude (00:31:16)
The thirteenth episode of 200 Norwegians tells the story of Ole Evinrude, the man who invented the first successful outboard motor.
Born in Norway and raised in Wisconsin, Evinrude struggled through ...
Guri Endreson Rosseland (00:35:21)
In the 12th episode of 200 Norwegians, we follow Guri Endreson Rosseland, a Norwegian settler caught in the Dakota War of 1862. When Dakota visitors came to her Minnesota farm, the encounter turned vi...
Sonja Henie (00:36:16)
In the 11th episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll meet one of Norway’s greatest athletes of all time: figure skater Sonja Henie. Not only did she dominate the sport with an unbeaten streak of three Olympi...
Ole Edvart Rølvaag (00:46:32)
In the tenth episode of 200 Norwegians, we follow Ole Edvart Rølvaag—from stormy Dønna to the American Midwest—where he carved the immigrant experience into the American psyche with a number of novels...
Hans Christian Heg (00:30:53)
In the ninth episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll discover the legacy of a Norwegian abolitionist, Hans Christian Heg.
Heg was only eleven when he boarded the ship that carried his family across the Atla...
Odd Lovoll (01:00:24)
Episode 8 of 200 Norwegians is a special live recording from Norway House in Minneapolis, featuring renowned Norwegian-American historian and Professor Emeritus at St. Olaf College, Odd Lovoll.
Lovoll...
Knute Rockne (00:48:10)
The seventh episode of 200 Norwegians tells the story of legendary football coach Knute Rockne. What made him so great? How did he achieve the highest winning percentage in college football history? W...
Belle Gunnes (00:33:19)
In the sixth episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll hear the story of Belle Gunness—the most dangerous Norwegian church lady in American history. Follow her journey from Selbu, Norway, to the outskirts of ...
Andrew Furuseth (00:53:12)
He never wanted his picture taken.
He never accepted a higher salary than the average seaman.
Andrew Furuseth was a humble, yet remarkably effective leader. That’s why he was—ironically—given the not-...
Margarethe Cammermeyer (01:15:07)
In the fourth episode of 200 Norwegians, we share the remarkable story of Margarethe Cammermeyer — the colonel who took on the U.S. military after being discharged for being a lesbian.
Cammermeyer's l...
Cleng Peerson Part 3 (00:58:59)
In the third and final chapter of the Cleng Peerson saga, you will hear what happened when the father of Norwegian emigration joined a cult and married a woman 26 years his junior. You will also learn...
Cleng Peerson Part 2 (00:38:28)
In this second episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll hear how Cleng Peerson’s grand plan failed—and how, in the end, President John Quincy Adams stepped in to rescue the Sloopers after their arrival in Am...
Cleng Peerson Part 1 (00:45:17)
In this first episode, you'll hear the story of Cleng Peerson, the father of Norwegian emigration. Discover his humble beginnings, and how an unlikely chain of events—spurred by the Napoleonic Wars an...
