Svanhild Johanne KnutsenSortland Oral History Interview 1982

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Svanhild Johanne KnutsenSortland Oral History Interview 1982

An oral history interview with SvanhildJohanne Knutsen Sortland, a Norwegian immigrant.

3 file folders; 5 photographs; 1 sound cassette

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6379007

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Sortland, Erling

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Sons of Norway (U.S.) Norden Lodge No. 2 (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Knutsen family

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Robbins family

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Knutsen, Martha

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Knutsen, Martin

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Førre, Jenny

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Førre, Johannes

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Knutsen, Godskalk

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Sortland family

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Sortland, Svanhild

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Svanhild Sortland was born on February 2, 1913 in Haugesund, Norway, which is close to Bergen. Her parents were Martin Knutsen and Jenny Førre, and there were ten children in the family. Martin was a fisherman and owned his own boat, and Jenny was a seamstress. Family togetherness was very important in Svanhild's family, and they always helped one another. The children remained at the house until they were sixteen or seventeen. After Svanhild finished school and was confirmed, she b...

Sortland, Egil

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Foørre, Soenniva

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Førre family

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Robbins, Evelyn (Sortland)

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