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Anderson was born in the Town of Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin to parents who were immigrants from Sandeid/Vikedal city Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
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The Norse Discovery of America by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, and Rasmus B. Anderson This is a collection of texts relating to the voyages of the Norse west to America. A thousand years ago, nearly half a millennium before Columbus, the Norse extended their explorations from Iceland and Greenland to the shores of Northeastern North America, and, possibly, beyond. This volume from the Norroena collection contains all known sagas and documentary fragments which relate to this legendary exploration. It also contains analysis of the texts which should be read with a critical eye. While it is now certain that the Norse reached Nova Scotia, the claims in this book that they reached as far south as Boston--not to mention Georgia or South Carolina--are still controversial. There is also tangential discussion of whether the Irish managed to get to America prior to the Norse, an even more contentious assertion. Regardless, the texts in this three-part volume open up a window into a vivid era, and give glimpses of religion, society and travel in the period when the Norse were actively exploring the North Atlantic. They contain one of the only detailed descriptions of a pagan women's divination ritual, and deal with the expansion of Christianity from both sides. There are bone-chilling stories of disease, murder and jealousy in the small communities on the leading edge of Viking colonization. Reading these sagas inspires deep understanding of the life and motivations of the Scandinavian sea rovers and respect for their accomplishments in the field of exploration. --J.B. Hare
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Anderson was born in the Town of Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin to parents who were immigrants from Sandeid/Vikedal city Stavanger in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
Master of Arts, Luther College, Iowa, 1866. Honorary Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1885, Doctor of Laws, 1888.
He brought to popular attention the idea that Viking explorers discovered the New World and was the originator of Leif Erikson Day. Anderson was a graduate of Luther College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1867-1883.
While there, he was the founding head of the Department of Scandinavian Studies, the oldest such department in an American university.
Rasmus B. Anderson founded a publication company, The Norrœna Society, which focused on republishing translations of texts devoted to "the History and Romance of Northern Europe". Anderson was the author of a number of books with Scandinavian themes.
He also did a series of translations from Scandinavian languages, most notably the writings of Norwegian novelist Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. From 1885 to 1889, Anderson served as the United States Ambassador to Denmark.
After his return to the United States. in 1889, he was editor (1898–1922) of the Norwegian language weekly, Amerika.
Anderson"s book America Not Discovered by Columbus helped popularize the now familiar idea that Vikings were the first Europeans in the New World. Anderson was the originator of the movement to honor Leif Erikson with a holiday in the United States. Through efforts he started and led, Leif Erikson Day became an official observance in his native Wisconsin and other United States states.
Decades after Anderson"s death, it first became a federal observance by Presidential proclamation in 1964.
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Married Bertha Karina Olson, July 21, 1868. Children: Carletta Catherine (Mistress Vedel, Denmark), George Krogh, Hjalmer Odin, Rolf Bulletin.