"The Demokraten," a weekly Norwegian Democratic paper, was issued in Janesville (brought from Racine) by Knud Langland.

The evidence

• “"The Demokraten, " weekly, a Norwegian paper, was brought to Janesville from Racine and issued here from June 18 to October 3, 1851, by Knud Langland. It will doubtless be an interesting news item to even the older inhabitants to learn that a paper in the Norse language was ever printed here, yet such is the fact, and for even this brief bit of information I am indebted to Professor Rasmus B.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/24-janesville-press.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 540 / book p. 501

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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