Talk:List of Norwegian Americans

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[edit] Thanks for establishing this article! :-)

A deep-felt thanks to Bert for creating this article! Great stuff for us Norwegians with American relatives -- which amounts to most of us, I guess. :-) Myself, I've got relatives in Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, and California. --Wernher 02:38, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks to you Wernher for vastly improving this list! It really looks a lot better now . Now if only I had the time and energy of three men, I'd get rid of all the red of this page by writing some more of the biographies and perhaps adding more names to the list (I know there are plenty of Norwegian-Americans out there that we missed). As for me, I don't personally know any of my relatives in Norway , but I probably have more than a few distant Norwegian cousins that I've never met (Sveen is a fairly common name in Norway I'm told)! Well thanks again . BSveen 03:14, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

I wonder whether we should rename the article from "List of famous Norwegian-Americans" to either "List of Norwegian-Americans" or "List of notable Norwegian-Americans". The first alternative is perhaps more in line with other lists of US immigrants (and descendants), such as List of Italian Americans. After all, not all the Norwegian-Americans listed are particularly famous... but notable they are! :-) What do you think? --Wernher 05:44, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Yes this seems like a great idea to me! Better to rename it so as to keep it line with similiar lists. You know, when I first made this list I really had no idea at all what I was doing on Wikipedia (as you no doubt saw from the amount of "wikifying" you had to do on this page!); I probably should have named it "List of Norwegian-Americans" to begin with. Anyway let's go for it, rename it BSveen 05:55, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Proposal for list inclusion

I have made the following proposal regarding the criteria for inclusion for these lists. If this is something that you have comments or ideas about, please provide feedback. Thanks. Wikibofh 9 July 2005 19:16 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnicity lists discussion

Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO'Lantern 20:31, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article improperly redirected—history lost

Please redirect properly. This will restore editng history. Thanks - Williamborg 00:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Following people need sources that say they are Norwegian-American:

Mad Jack 23:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Owen Wangensteen (Surgeon, Professor) Hmains (talk) 19:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] I have added:

  • Pricilla Presley - Pricilla Presley has Norwegian ancestory and still has distant relatives in Norway today.
  • Surrey Marshe - Playboy Playmate born in Norway, but mislabelled by Playboy as being from Denmark.
  • Sharon Johansen - American playmate, model and actres. She is of Norwegian ancestary.
  • Brooke Berry - American Playmate of Norwegian and Swedish ancesters.
  • Vicky Vette - American adult movie actress born in Stavanger, Norway.
  • Kira Kener - American adult movie actress
  • Renee Olstead - Renee Olstead should also be on the list. She is an American singer.
  • Melanie Griffith —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mortyman (talk • contribs) 10:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Mortyman (talk) 10:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Paris Hilton & Nicky Hilton
  • Conrad Hilton - founder of the Hilton Hotel chain
  • Conrad Hilton, Jr.
  • Barron Hilton
  • Richard Hilton
  • Leeann Tweeden - model
  • Josh Groban - singer

Mortyman (talk) 17:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)