with a world of thanks for our time together in 2019 - Happy New Year and all the best for 2020!
The year 2020 marks Nordstjernan's 148th year of continuous publishing for the Scandinavian American communities in the United States.
Over the past century and a half, more newspapers were published in New York than in any other city in the world, in large part because of the huge foreign-born community and the variety of publications that the different ethnic groups spawned. Most had a brief and almost ephemeral life, but Nordstjernan has been remarkable for its long life and high quality. It not only helped Swedish immigrants adjust to life in a new world and a giant city, but it set a standard that other newspapers worked hard to emulate.
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- Kenneth T. Jackson, Professor of History, Columbia University
Editor-in-Chief, The Encyclopedia of New York City