Meet Our 2025 Fellowship Recipients

Shifting Portraits of Norway in American Children’s Literature, 1900-1945

This project traces the publishing histories of children’s books about Norway, written, translated, and/or illustrated from the turn of the 20th Century until WWII. Conrad will focus primarily on books produced by Norwegian-American translators, and the roles that immigration and gender politics, as well as publishing trends and economics, have played in the American re-presentation of Norway.

This $2,500 award is available for research in the field of Norwegian-American studies, broadly defined. Priority goes to topics that meet the goals of our research prospectus and for their potential to produce work publishable by NAHA.

Scandinavian-American Socialism, 1880-1920

The Scandinavian-American socialist movement was fragmented and divided between the two socialist parties, the Socialist Labor Party, and the Socialist Party of America. Lyngaas will consolidate the history of the Scandinavian-American socialist movement and provide insight into their culture, ideology, press activities, and political practices.

Thanks to an anonymous donor, this $2,000 award promotes new understandings of the Norwegian-American experience. Preference is given to topics that are outlined in NAHA’s research prospectus and rely heavily on NAHA archival collections.