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Wisconsin State Legislature formally honors 2025 as the 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration to the United States

The sloop Restauration departed Stavanger, Norway on July 4, 1825 and arrived in New York Harbor on October 9, 1825, carrying passengers seeking religious freedom

Between 1825 and 1925, more than 800,000 Norwegians emigrated to the United States following the original "sloopers"

By 1900, approximately 25 percent of all Norwegian Americans lived in Wisconsin

A replica ship named Restauration embarked from Stavanger on July 4, 2025 to commemorate the bicentennial by retracing the original voyage