nelson, why is there a national >>> on american history tv, we want to introduce you to eric nelson, executive director and ceo of the national nordic museum. mr. nelson, why is there a national nordic museum in seattle, and generally, what is the history of the nordic people in the u.s.? >> that is a fascinating question. i often wondered myself sometimes about the location of the museum. it is certainly when i took the position years ago, but there's a huge tommy start with the history of the nordic people, which is for the most part, due to a number of factors, push and pull, there is a major immigration from the nordic region, particularly in norway, sweden, denmark, also inland and iceland are included. but about 30% of the population of those countries left between 1865 and 1910 and again, a number of reasons were pushing them, offering free land in the middle of the country, so a lot of folks, once they arrived in the east coast moved to the midwest. after a generation or half a generation into the midwest, a lot of them realized there were occupations that were similar to occu

and now on american history tv, we want to introduce you to eric nelson. easy executive director and ceo of the national nordic museum. mr. nelson, why is there a national nordic museum in seattle and generally, what's the history of the nordic people in the us? so fascinating question. i often wonder myself sometimes about the location of the museum i certainly wondered when i first took the position 15 years ago, but there's a huge you start with the history of the nordic people, which is a little diverse, but for the most part due to a number of factors, push and pull, there was a major emigration from the nordic region, and particularly norway, sweden, denmark, also finland and iceland are included, but about 30% of the population left those countries. between 1865 and 1910. and again, a number of reasons were pulling them and pushing them. the homestead act was offering free, free land in the middle of the. so a lot of folks once they arrived in the east coast, moved their way to the midwest after it, generation or a half a generation. and in the midw

eric nelson what was the role congress in establishing the nordic museum? that's really interesting. one of one of the thoughts that had come up in conversations with focus groups in and with our exhibition design teams and architect and other academics and museum professionals. was that what sets the museum apart? and we are the only or the largest anyway. and nordic museum in the us there's wonderful swedish museums in minnesota and chicago and philadelphia, wonderful. ambassador heim is a great norwegian museum in iowa and alcorn, iowa has a great danish museum, but we were the only nordic focused museum. i and we to kind of set that up as, as our, our brand. and again, i think we'd been working with a delegation from washington about it's there some way of a national recognition for the museum. it's the only one. and as the us relationship to the nordic region is important, everything from the arctic issues to social justice now, especially with finland and sweden entering nato, there's been a lot of focus on the nordic region. we we weren't making head

. >>> now in american history tv we want to introduce you to eric nelson. he is the executive director and ceo of the national nordic museum. mr. nelson, why is there a national nordic museum in seattle and generally, what is the history of the nordic people in the u.s.? >> fascinating question. i often wonder myself sometimes about the location of the museum. i certainly wondered what i took that position 15 years ago but there is a huge history of the nordic people, which is a little diverse but for the most part due to a number of factors push and pull, there is a major immigration from the nordic region particularly norway, sweden, denmark also finland and iceland are included, but about 30% of the population left those countries between 1865 and 1910 and again, a number of reasons for pulling and pushing, the homestead act was offering free land so a lot of folks, once they arrived in the east coast moved their way to the midwest. after a generation or a half of a generation, a lot of them realized there were occupations that were very similar to the o

they are still acting with some sort of lag. >> eric nelson, your thoughts?story. the end is strengthening meaningfully against the euro -- the yen is strengthening meaningfully against the euro. it sounds like they are done. i would like to hear what lagarde has to say. i think the markets will still be in flux. if they communicate this as a one and done, i don't see how the euro rallies. >> how much will he try to signal the inflation pushes him -- push is entirely in energy? >> that's certainly a sensible thing to do. the challenge is if that's the communication you opt for, why did you hike today? if the upward inflation revision for 2024 is mostly energy driven and you hike on the back of that, you have to balance that communication. it's single -- it's a single mandate central bank but they are increasingly focused on credit and growth. i think they are becoming more concerned. >> before we got this, you expected it to be 1.06. we are breaking above that level. can you revise your forecast preliminarily? does this make you more bearish on the euro than

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