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Little Norway closed late in 2012. Owner Scott Winner cited costs exceeds revenues for shutting it down. He has been selling off pieces of the collection to museums and private collectors to help pay a $ 22,000 annual tax bill. The property listed for $ 1.9 million as of
December 2014. Since its 2012
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In the early 1930s, a
Chicago businessman named Isak Dahle was inspired by a recent tour of Norway and memories of his childhood in Southeastern Wisconsin to replicate a Norwegian farm as a gift to his family. He christened it Little Norway and gave it the Norwegian name Nissedahle—a pun on the word
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Mastony, Colleen (September 20, 2015). "1893 World's Fair
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near where the original building stood in 1893 on August 25, 2018.
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Slide show: The Norway
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Norway Building from 1893 Chicago World's Fair heads home
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