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Western Norway Emigration Center

Western Norway Emigration Center is an open-air museum located at the village of Sletta on the island of Radøy in Vestland county, Norway. The museum consists of a small church and several historical buildings which were reassembled in a rural environment. The building were re-located from Minnesota and North Dakota from locations characterized by Norwegian American immigration during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

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