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Norwegians in Bay Ridge Maintain Ties as King Visits
In Bay Ridge Brooklyn about 12000 Norwegian Americans cling to church and family amid shifts toward suburbs. Community life centers on the Faerder Lodge with dances and meatballs in a gregarious weekly pattern. King Olav V will visit U S spots next October marking 150 years of organized Norwegian immigration.
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George Vecsey
New York Times News Service
New York
Norway
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Arne Arntsen
New York City
Olav V
U.S
Stavenger
New World
Navigators of
Scandinavian Airlines
Leif Erikson
Restauration
Kjell Jordheim
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Wisconsin