Origin of Nordic Emigration

Abstract

Emigration wrote publicist Ludvig Kristensen Daa in 1853 is undoubtedly most extraordinary phenomenon of all in these times. Those changes of government, wars, and rise of industry in our old Europe which first catches our attention, sinks into insignificance compared to of half a million Europeans every year. He predicted that: Before end of nineteenth century, will most likely have changed entire globe into a Europe with civilization, greatness, disasters and, we would hope, Christianity. Daa wrote further that the stream of emigration derived its overwheIming force from energy of Europeans and from their poverty and hunger, but also from the exaggerated demands and pleasure seeking oE age, and from overpop.rllation. Daa believed that if history primariIy sought topics among most significant and important events would already have a historical literature. This he missed in his own c c strange times, marked by political and industrial revolutions,