Martin Ulvestad

Martin Ulvestad (1865 – 19 Jan 1942) was an American historian and author whose writings focused on Norwegian-American immigration. Ulvestad was a pioneer in documenting the early history of the first Norwegian settlers in America.^[1]

Biography

Ulestad was born in Volda municipality in Romsdals Amt, Norway and immigrated to the United States during 1886. Ulvestad published an English-Danish-Norwegian dictionary during 1895. Ulvestad subsequently collected and published extensive information regarding Norwegian-American immigration and settlement in North America. His books provided biographical information, history of the settlements associated with Norwegian immigration and information regarding those who fought in the American Civil War. These books also contained articles about Norwegian music in America, listing of newspapers and magazines, and Norwegian-American educational institutions.^[2]

Ulestad was presented with the Knight's Cross, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, for his dedicated work in collecting and publishing these material. Ulvestad was knighted by Haakon VII of Norway with the Order of St. Olav during 1923. He died in Seattle, Washington during 1942.^{[3] [4]}

Selected bibliography

• Engelsk-Dansk-Norsk Ordbog med fuldstændig Udtalebetegnelse (1895)
• Nordmaendene i Amerika: Deres Historie og Rekord (1907)
• Nordmaendene I Amerika, 2den Del (1913)
• Norsk-Amerikaneren (1930)

References

1. ^ Martin Ulvestad's "Nordmændene i Amerika- Valdres Samband ( Valdres Samband)
2. ^ Olaf Kringhaug Translations - (Hadeland Lag of America)
3. ^ Promise of America (Norwegian Emigration Center. Stavanger, Norway)
4. ^ Washington State Death Records (Washington State Department of Health Center for Health Statistics)

External links

• Nordmændene i Amerika (Statsarkivet i Bergen/Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen)
• Portrait of Martin Ulvestad by Yngvar Sonnichsen

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Name	Ulvestad, Martin
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Date of birth	1865
Place of birth	Volda
Date of death	1942
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