Claim: Minnesota was settled by northern Europeans.
Evidence: During the 19th and early 20th centuries , a large number of European settlers entered the state who had mainly emigrated from Scandinavia and Germany.
Minnesota -LRB- -LSB- -LSB- ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾɐ -RSB- help = no -RSB- -RRB- is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.
Scandinavia -LSB- ˌskændɪˈneɪviə -RSB- is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages.