Arne Brekke from origin of the name chester Watch Video
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Description: A short film profiling Norwegian-American Arne Brekke and the work he has done collecting bygdebøker for the Arne G. Brekke Bygdebok Collection at the Chester Fritz Library on the campus of the University of North Dakota.nnArne has been reconnecting generations of Americans with their Norwegian roots for decades through Brekke Tours. He specializes in place-name research, uncovering the origin of family farm names in Norway relying on his extensive experience as a linguistic professor at UND an