Andreas Nilsen Rygg

Andreas Nilsen Rygg (15 August 1868 Ã¢Â€Â“ 21 September 1951) was a Norwegian-American journalist, newspaper editor and author. He is most associated with his 1941 study, Norwegians in New York 1825–1925.

Background

Andreas Nilsen Rygg was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was a brother of Nicolai Rygg, Governor of the Central Bank of Norway. In 1888, the 20-year-old Rygg immigrated to the United States and located in Chicago.

Selected works

• Norwegians in New York 1825–1925 (1941)
• A Survey of American Relief Work For Norway During and After The Second World War (1947)

References

Further reading

• Lovoll, Odd S. (2010) Norwegian Newspapers in America: Connecting Norway and the New Land (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Gotaas, Thor; Roger Kvarsvik (2010) Ørkenen Sur: den norske uteliggerkolonien i Brooklyn (Oslo: Spartacus)