Scandinavian footprints
Subtitle: a history of Scandinavians settling in New Zealand
By: Margit Brew.
Publisher: M. Brew
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Auckland, N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780473113551
Subjects: Friberg, Bror Erik.; Swedes -- New Zealand -- Hawke's Bay -- Biography.; Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Hawke's Bay -- Biography.; Scandinavians -- New Zealand -- Hawke's Bay -- History -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Hawke's Bay -- History -- 19th century.; Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) -- History -- 19th century.; Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) -- Biography.; New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Scandinavia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A ficitonal biography of Swede Bror Erik Friberg who arrived in New Zealand in 1866 and acted as a government agent, focusing on the Scandinavian settlers in Hawke's Bay. The author describes the immigrant's early life in Scandinavia and his concern for the difficulties faced by his countrymen in New Zealand.
Notes: Biography of Swedish settler Bror Erik Friberg, who acted as agent for the N.Z. government with focus on Scandinavian settlers in Hawke's Bay.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319).