Belle Gunnes
200 Norwegians26 Mai 2025

Belle Gunnes

In the sixth episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll hear the story of Belle Gunness—the most dangerous Norwegian church lady in American history. Follow her journey from Selbu, Norway, to the outskirts of La Porte, Indiana, where she built a deadly empire of matrimonial ads, life insurance scams, and disappearing suitors.

Discover how an immigrant woman became one of America’s most prolific serial killers—and how one suspicious brother helped bring her story to light.

Was it greed that drove Belle to kill? Or something even darker?

This episode follows the strange, violent arc of a woman who didn’t just change the lives of those around her—she may have changed how Americans saw Norwegian immigrants altogether.

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Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie

In the 11th episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll meet one of Norway’s greatest athletes of all time: figure skater Sonja Henie. Not only did she dominate the sport with an unbeaten streak of three Olympi...

26 Aug 202536min

Ole Edvart Rølvaag

Ole Edvart Rølvaag

In the tenth episode of 200 Norwegians, we follow Ole Edvart Rølvaag—from stormy Dønna to the American Midwest—where he carved the immigrant experience into the American psyche with a number of novels...

6 Aug 202546min

Hans Christian Heg

Hans Christian Heg

In the ninth episode of 200 Norwegians, you’ll discover the legacy of a Norwegian abolitionist, Hans Christian Heg. Heg was only eleven when he boarded the ship that carried his family across the Atla...

4 Jul 202530min

Odd Lovoll

Odd Lovoll

Episode 8 of 200 Norwegians is a special live recording from Norway House in Minneapolis, featuring renowned Norwegian-American historian and Professor Emeritus at St. Olaf College, Odd Lovoll. Lovoll...

20 Jun 20251h

Knute Rockne

Knute Rockne

The seventh episode of 200 Norwegians tells the story of legendary football coach Knute Rockne. What made him so great? How did he achieve the highest winning percentage in college football history? W...

8 Jun 202548min

Andrew Furuseth

Andrew Furuseth

He never wanted his picture taken. He never accepted a higher salary than the average seaman. Andrew Furuseth was a humble, yet remarkably effective leader. That’s why he was—ironically—given the not-...

10 Mai 202553min

Margarethe Cammermeyer

Margarethe Cammermeyer

In the fourth episode of 200 Norwegians, we share the remarkable story of Margarethe Cammermeyer — the colonel who took on the U.S. military after being discharged for being a lesbian. Cammermeyer's l...

20 Apr 20251h 15min

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