You mean 2 nd last . <| sep |> This submission is going to get inundated with a lot of people getting angry that Americans dare to call themselves Norwegian . Always happens . The terrible sub , rshitamericanssay will probably start xposting comments and brigading . Newsflash When they ' re saying Norwegian in this topic they ' re talking about ethnicity , not nationality . An American who is of Norwegian descent and says so is not claiming to be as Norwegian as someone who lives in Norway , they ' re saying where their ancestors came from . Americans didn ' t just blink into existence as a people or descend to the earth on flying saucers the moment the US became a country . They have a family history that predates the formation of the US . It ' s funny though that people think Americans are too concerned about where their ancestors came from and that ' s a big thing that Americans are criticized for , yet if it were the opposite situation and Americans were clueless as to where their ancestors came from , people would accuse them of ignorance .