Andreas Nilsen Rygg

Andreas Nilsen Rygg (15 August 1868 – 21 September 1951) was a Norwegian-American journalist, newspaper editor and author.

He is most associated with his 1941 study, Norwegians in New York 1825–1925.

[1][2] Andreas Nilsen Rygg was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway.

He was a brother of Nicolai Rygg, Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.

In 1888, the 20-year-old Rygg immigrated to the United States and located in Chicago.