Norway and the neighboring community of
Newark represent the predominating
Scandinavian heritage of the far northeast corner of
LaSalle County, part of
Kendall County, and far southeast corner of
DeKalb County. Norway was also an early site of missionary work by
Mormons, which laid the groundwork for later Mormon missions in
Scandinavia. Just south of Norway, there is a memorial dedicated to Norwegian immigrants who settled in the area, with a small park, a cemetery, and a plaque from
King Olav V. This memorial commemorates the Fox River Settlement, the site of the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest. Norsk Museum is located 9 miles northeast of
Ottawa, Illinois on highway 71. The museum is located in a former Norwegian Lutheran Church which served as a house of worship from 1848 until 1918. Norsk Museum is dedicated to the Scandinavian settlers who founded the area around Norway, Illinois in the 1800s. Norway is deeply connected to its past, as most evidently shown at the Norway Store. The store has sat on the same spot for over a century, and the Borchsenius family, which started the store, still continues to own the store, as well as a nursery and a few other pieces of land in the immediate area.{{cite web|url= http://www.mywebtimes.com/life/family-tradition-norway-store-has-been-part-of-the-borchsenius/image_14cc4e17-5957-5df0-a9df-2ec53b5ed600.html|title=Family Tradition: Norway Store has been part of the Borchsenius family since 1848|publisher= mywebtimes.com ==See also==