For many years, 8th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, was the center of a large Norwegian immigrant community. The exhibition depicts the lives of the Norwegian immigrants in this neighborhood, which was affectionately nicknamed Lapskaus Boulevard.
Their own colorful photographs invite us in to take a closer look at everyday lives and leisure in this community where Norwegian and American cultures met and merged. This was a way of life which during the two decades in question developed its very own identity.
The exhibition Lapskaus Boulevard: Norwegian Immigrants in Brooklyn 1950-1970 opens at Norsk Folkemuseum on Friday 23 May.
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8th Avenue in 1958, right by Johnson’s Candy Store, which sold Norwegian magazines and Freia chocolate. Herløv Østhassel - 2/4
A youthful group enjoying a meal during their May 17 celebration at Sørlandet Restaurant. Ernst Nodeland - 3/4
Three generations of Norwegian immigrants posing for the camera on a spring day in 1958. The photo was taken on the corner of 54th Street and 7th Avenue. Herløv Østhassel - 4/4
May 17 celebration on Lapskaus Boulevard in the late 1950s. Ernst Nodeland
