Cleng Peerson

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Cleng Peerson

Cleng Peerson (17 May 1783 – 16 December 1865) was a Norwegian emigrant to the United States; his voyage in 1824[1] was the precursor for the boat load of 52 Norwegian emigrants in the following year.[2] That boat load was a precursor for the main wave of Norwegian immigration to the United States.[3]

He was a Norwegian-American pioneer and "Slooper" who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian sloop Restauration. [4] [5]

Background

Immigration

Personal life

Legacy

  • In 1947 and 1975, Cleng Peerson was featured on Norwegian postage stamps.[6]
  • During 1982, King Olav V of Norway visited Texas in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cleng Peerson.[7]
  • Cleng Peerson Research Library and Cleng Peerson Institute are both located in Clifton, Texas.[8]
  • Tysvær municipality has announced plans for the Cleng Peerson Center.[9]

In literature

The True Saga Of Cleng Peerson are novels written by Alfred Hauge (translated by John Weinstock and Turid Sverre. foreword by Carl W. W. Sorenson. Special Projects Committee, Norwegian Society of Texas; 1982) about the life and times of Cleng Peerson. The three volume series were published in Norwegian between 1961 and 1965 by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag.

References

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  1. https://snl.no/Cleng_Peerson. Store norske leksikon
  2. https://snl.no/sluppefolkene. Store norske leksikon
  3. Blegen, Theodore C. (1921). "Cleng Peerson and Norwegian Immigration". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 7 (4): 303–331. doi:10.2307/1886191. ISSN 0161-391X.
  4. Nils Olav Østrem. "Cleng Peerson, Pioner". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. Bjorn Sletto (May 1996). "Trailblazer" (PDF). Viking. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. Orm Øverland (March 30, 2015). "Cleng Peerson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  7. The Handbook of Texas (Published by the Texas State Historical Association)
  8. "The Legacy of Cleng Peerson". The Cleng Peerson Institute. October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  9. "Cleng Peerson Center". Cleng Peerson Center. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  10. The Norwegian Quakers of 1825 (Henry J. Cadbury, Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume I: Page 60)
  11. The Kendall Settlement Survived Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine (Richard L. Canuteson, Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 27: Page 243)
  12. Norwegian Settlers Memorial Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)
  13. The Sugar Creek Settlement in Iowa Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine (H. F. Swansen. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume IX: Page 38)
  14. Recollections of a Norwegian Pioneer in Texas (Knudt Olson Hastvedt, translated and edited by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian- American Historical Association. Volume XII: Page 91)
  15. Norwegian Collection Archived 2008-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (Bosque Museum. Clifton, Texas)
  16. Haugeans, Rappites, and the Emigration of 1825 (by Ingrid Semmingsen, translated by C. A. Clausen. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 29: Page 3)

Other sources

  • De Pellis, Mario S. Cleng Peerson and the Cummunitarian Background of Norwegian Immigration (Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 2I: Page 136)
  • Lovell, Odd S. (2015) Across the Deep Blue Sea: The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants (Minnesota Historical Society Press) ISBN 978-0873519618