The year is 1630. The sailing ship Eendracht anchors at Fort Oranje far up the Hudson River. Annika and Rolf Jansson from swedish town Marstrand) (then Norway) step ashore with their two daughters. In the company are Annika’s sister and mother, also from Marstrand. The other passengers are bachelors; six Dutchmen and Rolf’s two farmhands from Flekkeröy – the island outside Kristiansand where Annika grew up. … Fortsätt läsa The Jansen family from ”swedish” Marstrand. Among first settlers before New York became New York