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" [no], written by Matias Orheim [no] in 1906, about the emigrants, included lyrical references to these ships.^[1]

Swedish American Line (1914-1984) was a cargo and passenger line that might be referred to as "amerikabåt" and whose ships operated between Gothenburg and New York.

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^ 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.

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