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Rasmus Bjørn Anderson

Born

in Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, The United States

January 12, 1846

Died

March 02, 1936

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Rasmus Bjørn Anderson (January 12, 1846 – March 2, 1936) was an American author, professor, and diplomat. He brought to popular attention the idea that Viking explorers discovered the New World and was the originator of Leif Erikson Day.

Anderson was born in Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin to parents who were immigrants from Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway. His parents were part of a small band of Quaker sympathizers who organized the first Norwegian emigration to America in the early 1820s. Anderson was a graduate of Luther College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1867-1883. While there, he was the founding head of the Department of Scandinavian Studies, the ...more

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	Saga Six Pack 2 - Poetic Edda, The Nibelungenlied, Saga of Thorstein, Fridthjof the Bold, Ingolf's Saga and King Harald's Saga by Rasmus Bjørn Anderson, Jennie Hall, Damian Stevenson (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitología nórdica by Rasmus Bjørn Anderson, Heinrich Niedner (Autor falso) 3.90 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1875 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viking Tales of the North the Sagas of Thorstein, Viking's Son and Fridthjof the Bold 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1901 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America Not Discovered By Columbus - An Historical Sketch Of The Discovery Of America By The Norsemen In The Tenth Century really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1874 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norse Discovery of America by Rasmus Bjørn Anderson, Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1905 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flatey Book: Vatican Manuscripts Concerning America as Early as the Tenth Century it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norroena: Anglo Saxon Classics 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration (1821-1840) (Norwegian Emigration Literature) by Rasmus Bjørn Anderson, Per A. Holst (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Norse Mythology; Or, The Religion of Our Forefathers, Containing All the Myths of the Eddas, Systematized and Interpreted it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Norse Discovery of America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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