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On October 9, 1825, the first Norwegian immigrants arrived in America on the ship Restauration. In Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas, where Scandinavian heritage is strong, Leif Erikson Day is observed with lutefisk (dried cod soaked in lye), lefse (potato flatbread), and the quiet knowledge that the Vikings were here 500 years before Columbus.