Monday, May 18, 2020

Vintage Images - Flags of Scandinavia

image from Pinterest

Happy Syttende Mai (belated) to my Norwegian readers - if I have any.  It is only a slight exaggeration to say that without Scandinavian immigrants, the Midwest as we know it today would not exist.
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6 comments:

  1. Lady AnneMay 18, 2020 at 2:57 PM

    Garrison Keillor and his bachelor Scandinavian farmers would never have settled in Lake Wobegon.

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  2. ShayMay 18, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    Minnesotans would talk normal.

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  3. MayMay 19, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    Hyvää huomenta! (which is about all of the Finnish I remember)

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  4. HelenMay 19, 2020 at 10:20 AM

    I'm not Norwegian, but I did march in a parade in Stavanger on their national day once! (We were living in Norway and my school took part.)

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  5. ShayMay 19, 2020 at 12:49 PM

    Close enough, Helen!

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  6. Lady AnneMay 20, 2020 at 12:31 PM

    To May: Hyvää keskiviikkoa

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