I was looking for Vestland, Norway to check the weather at my home through the weather app. So after failing Vestland I wrote Norway, and this popped up. Like cmon FIVE of them in America? You could be a little but more creative than that 😂
by Remson76534
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Immigration accounts for this. Those are likely very small towns that have not changed their name since their founding by Norwegian immigrants in the mid-1800s (in the case of the North American ones). The names are meant to honor the founding settlers. It’s not a bad thing.
For more fun, search “Germantown.”
We could be more creative? Like we copied the Norway’s in america? 🤣
We havent even named our own country Norway, we call it Norge. Its the damn anglo saxons who started the whole norwegen thing lol
There’s a spot in the US with three cities that Neighbour each other called Denmark, Norway and Sweden
You should look at Maine, a state in the Northeast USA. They have the following towns: Norway, Sweden, Paris, South Paris, Denmark, Stockholm, Vienna, Moscow, Peru, China, Naples, Frankfort, Lisbon, Dresden. And that is not including any of the names of places from England or Ireland. (I’m next door in the state of New Hampshire, so I guess I can’t make fun of them too much)
They couldn’t spell, no way
Migrants. Norwegians moved there, and named the place after their old home.
Moving XD
Sounds funny though, important moment to not confuse which Norway you need
New Norway and Little Norway is also in Canada
Because USA sucks at coming up with their own names
Funfact: Norway South Carolina only exist because they decided to give all the stops along a new railroad scandinavian names.
It starts with Norway (a small town), then Sweden(just a couple of houses) and then Denmark just south of it (the larger town, they actually have a mcdonalds),
Some time ago, Christians in Norway found themselves persecuted by the non-believers or those from other religious beliefs, to get away from this, they fled to the new world (America) and looked for places to settle down.
That’s how you eventually ended up with a few places here and there in the USA that is either largely or mainly populated by Norwegians. I imagine these Norwegian immigrants were still feeling homesick, so they named the places “Norway,” or at least, that’s my guess for how it came about.
800.000 norwegians went to America. There is actually more Americans with Norwegian heritage than there are norwegians in Norway
Just look at NYC Bergen Beach Bergen Steert and over the East River in NJ Bergen County are all named after Hans Hansen Bergen the first Norwegian Immigrant to New Amsterdam/York
If you want to be like a real Norwegian, then you should use [Yr](https://www.yr.no/en).
The world is just jealous and wants some of Norway in them