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Velkommen Norsk Museum Norsk Museum Norsk Museum The Norsk Museum is in the first permanent Norwegian settlement in LaSalle County around the Fox River which is now Norway Illinois. This first pioneer group called Sloopers was led by early explorer Cleng Peerson. The Sloopers came to America primarily for religious freedom. This group of 52 immigrants was a combination of Quaker and Hauge Lutheran both outcasts of the time by the State Church.