Amerikabåt

Amerikabåt (plural Amerikabåten, lit. transl. America boat) were the ships that carried emigrants from Scandinavian countries such as Norway and Sweden to the United States. Amerikabåten were technically simply a subtype of transatlantic ship but their role in the emigrant exodus gave them additional cultural significance. Songs, such as "Amerikabåten", written by Matias Orheim in 1906, about the emigrants, included lyrical references to these ships.[1]

SS Bergensfjord, a typical 20th century Amerikabåt

References

Wright, Rochelle (1985). "From Emigrant to Immigrant: America and Americanization in Scandinavian Song Tradition". Scandinavian Studies. 57 (3): 310–324. ISSN 0036-5637. JSTOR 40918548.

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[1] Wright, Rochelle (1985). "From Emigrant to Immigrant: America and Americanization in Scandinavian Song Tradition". Scandinavian Studies. 57 (3): 310–324. ISSN 0036-5637. JSTOR 40918548.