Early Norwegian Presence
Norwegians visited Michigan as early as 1833, when Østen Espeland, Ingebrigt Larsen Nordvig, Tosten Bjaadland, and a few others came to Adrian in Lenawee County. Most of them soon moved elsewhere, however, and no Norwegian settlement developed in the county.
Sources:
[Ulvestad, Martin. Nordmændene i Amerika. Utg. History Book Company's Forlag. Minneapolis, Minn. 1907.]
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