No it was not and it is unknown how or why it got that name.
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Connecticut, Maine & New Hampshire were settled by colonist trying to reside from the power of England.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, It was mainly Norwegians and Danes that sailed westwards to England and France, while Swedes sailed eastwards into the Baltics, Russia and down to the Byzantine Empire
He didn't. He settled in Newfoundland, Canada because the weather was mild.
Norwegian immigrants settled in Kansas and Wisconsin and brought wheat strains that flourished in the American Midwest.
28,000 Norwegians fought with the Allies even though Germany occupied Norway. They operated an Underground Resistance network to sabotage the Nazis and get Jews to freedom. The helped to win the war and defeat the Nazis.