When Nels Norman Larsen was born on 4 January 1913, in Oslo, Norway, his father, Nils Jorgen Larsen, was 53 and his mother, Gunda Mathilde Gulbransen, was 33. He married Virginia Rose Bigelow on 10 December 1938, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and St. Louis Park, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He died on 14 December 1998, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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Centennial of the Norwegian constitution, also called the Eidsvoll anniversary. The idea of a Norwegian emigrant museum first arose at this time.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nels, Niels, Sven, Thor, Knud, Nils, Per, Jorgen, Alf, Bjorn.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence . This is also an Americanized form of the cognate Larssen. Compare Larson 1, Larrison , and Lawson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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