History, Europe, Scandinavia
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Life at the Top of the World
Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle by Sandra Saraka
'Life at the Top of the World: Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle' highlights the story of Maria Maki Anttila, a Finnish-Swede residing in the northern hamlet of Juoksengi. Born in a sauna overlooking the Tornio River in the late 1800s, Maria...
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The Rugged Danish Settlement
Pass Lake 100 Years by Pass Lake Historical Society
In 1924, Sibley and McTavish Townships were set aside for settlement by Danish homesteaders. They were eager to take advantage and the opportunity to own land in this new country. The Danish immigrants underwent great trials to clear the land for...
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Stutthof Diaries Collection
For Truth & Honor by Tore Jørgensen
In the early days of World War II, as Nazi Germany brutally invaded and occupied neighboring countries around Europe, hundreds of Norwegian police officers were commanded to carry out the orders of the Nazi occupiers of their homeland – Norway....
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The Princess Doll's Scrapbook
Her Families' Emigration/Immigration Story by Elaine Melby Ayre
“...imparts evanescent visions of oceans crossed and lands traversed from the late 1800s and grounds the reader to the present time. Beginning in Norway and culminating in Canada, a lovingly crafted outline of the author’s rich family history...”...
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The Storks Came Back
A boy grows up in Denmark under Nazi occupation by Afiena Kamminga
In April 1940 when his country, Denmark, is invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany, seven year old Morten has no idea how his life and that of his family and all other people in Denmark is about to change. School is interrupted. Danish Resistance...
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