Norwegian emigration | Departures for America

An 1891 Norwegian news bulletin on emigration to America.

An illustration from the era. Emigrants aboard the steamer ‘Hellig Olav’ in 1904, awaiting departure, probably in Kristiania (Oslo). | Anders Beer Wilse. Norsk Folkemuseum. digitaltmuseum.no NF.WB45267*B - nb.no. Public domain.

251 emigrants bound for America — via Hull in the United Kingdom — departed yesterday from Christiania (now Oslo) aboard the steamship Montebello.

^{Morgenbladet (Oslo), nb.no. 1891.05.09 page 1.}

Sidenote: A common emigration route at the time was from Norway to Hull by sailing ship or steamer, from Hull to Liverpool by train, and onwards to North America by transatlantic vessel.