List of Norwegian Americans

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The following is an incomplete list of famous 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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  9. ^ [10] "Norwegian-born lead actress"
  10. ^ [11] "I'm half Norwegian and half Argentine"
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  12. ^ (1979 - ) film/television actress (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)Loken - [13] "Norwegian model-turned-actress Kristanna Loken"
  13. ^ [14] "Norwegian American Actor" [15] "E. G. Marshall was born Everett Gunnar Marshall, on June 18, 1910, to Norwegian American parents"
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  15. ^ [17] "There is a little known trivia that Marilyn Monroe, who is arguably the most recognizable movie star ever, is half-Norwegian"
  16. ^ [18] "His father was Norwegian... Through the years, Morgan appeared opposite many hundreds, probably thousands, of actors, including, of course, fellow Norwegian Americans"
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  18. ^ [20] "He was Hollywood's stock Scandinavian character actor but could also play just about any other ethnic type imaginable. He was born Johan Mandt Kvalen in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 8, 1899, the son of Norwegian immigrants. His father, a Lutheran minister, changed the spelling of their name to Qualen."
  19. ^ [21] "Ethnic : Portuguese and Norwegian"
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  21. ^ [23] "My background is Norwegian and German, two of the unfunniest ethnic groups in the history of the world."
  22. ^ [24] "Called upon to help support their Greek-Norwegian family when their father's business was wiped out by the Depression"
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  25. ^ [27] "The Ager House-- Home of Waldemar Ager: Norwegian American Novelist, Journalist, Community Leader"
  26. ^ [28] "A prominent Norwegian-American remembers his life in Wisconsin"
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  28. ^ [30] "He's this clean-cut Norwegian guy, and he couldn't be nicer, more courteous or more gracious"
  29. ^ [31] "Ole Rolvaag and Garrison Keillor were two great Norwegian American authors who kept the Norwegian"
  30. ^ [32] "Norwegian-American novelist"
  31. ^ [33] "It could be said that just as Eric Sevareid was a Norwegian-American"
  32. ^ [34] "Bernt Balchen Lodge was named for famous pioneer Norwegian pilot and accomplished artist Bernt Balchen. He was knowledgeable in Arctic survival training and rescue. He trained American aviators during World War II, established the base at Thule, Greenland, and worked extensively in Alaska."
  33. ^ Margarethe Cammermeyer — Official site
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  39. ^ [40] "Norwegian-born American explorer and writer who visited Antarctica nine times, discovering and charting vast areas of the 4,000,000-square-mile (10,400,000-square-kilometre) continent."
  40. ^ Rove - [41] "Oslo, Norway: In "Plan of Attack", Bob Woodward describes Karl Rove's attitude toward Swedes: "Rove saw that the president was "wired up" about Blix. The president knew Rove's attitude toward the Swedes. As the highest-ranking Norwegian-American in the White House -- and perhaps the only one -- Rove was convinced of the historical duplicity of the Swedes, who had invaded Norway in 1814 and ruled the country until 1905. There was a long-standing grudge and it was a running joke between the president and Rove.""

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