Sweet Land

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- [Man] That's too heavy for traveling.

- [Woman Speaking Norwegian]

- Do you speak any English?

- English?

[Woman #2 Moaning]

- [Man #2] What's the matter with you?

- [Man] Come on. Over here.

Ja. Ja. Olaf, come on.

[Man Speaking Norwegian]

- [Man #2] I thought she understood.

- [Man #1] Nice day though.

[Woman Speaking Norwegian]

[Man]

Those fancy shoes are not for traveling.

Be happy. Uh

Olaf, how do you

- Lykkelig.

- "Lykkelig" is happy?

- Yeah.

- I thought "glede" was happy.

No. That's more like "delighted."

[Clock Ticking]

[Grunting]

Lykkelig.

[Mutters]

- [Woman #2 Mutters]

- [Man] Ja. Ja.

- [Car Stops]

- [Whimpering]

[Labored Breathing]

- [Woman] "Ducky"?

- [Ducks Squawking]

[Exhales]

- [Breathing Stops]

- Grandma?

[Shudders]

Inge.

[Crying]

[Rain Falling]

[Woman]

I'm sorry for your loss, Lars.

I can pay you 2.2 million...

and put up 1,200 homes on this land.

It's what your grandparents would want.

[Banging]

- Lars!

- Dad told me to bike over

and wait for the contract guys.

I didn't want to wake you.

[Stomping]

- Frozen.

- [Chuckles]

- Come in.

- Nah, nah, I don't want to take my boots off.

[Man On Radio] Hanoi's Vietnam News

Agency said a protest message about it...

has been sent to the International

Control Commission for Vietnam.

[Banging]

The president has been resting up after

Tomorrow, he and Mrs. Johnson begin their

official two-day visit in Bangkok itself.

[Man Continues, Indistinct]

You're up.

[Groans]

Olaf Torvik was a caring, giving man...

and I know we'll always remember him.

- He came from Norway in 19

- Very peaceful.

- 1910?

- It has lovely sunlight.

And homesteaded his farm

the next year.

He cleared the land

with the resolution...

- Welcome, everyone.

- of a pioneer.

[Chattering]

A true settler in the best sense

of the word...

creating civilization

out of the wilderness.

- [Man #2] Inge?

- Most of all, we remember his great love for Inge...

- Did you make this pie?

- his wife of 48 years.

No, this is not mine.

You know that pie?

Olaf died, Frandsen.

You remember?

[Shudders]

Mom, Palmquists are coming to pick up

the casket for the burial tomorrow.

- Now?

- Yeah.

Where does he stay for the night?

I suppose down at the

[Sighs]

I don't know what they do, Mom.

He belongs here with me.

Well, that doesn't make any sense.

I can't stay here.

We've got the chores

I don't need you to stay.

He belongs here though.

Lars?

- [Sighs]

- What's filling your head?

Ah.

[Sighs]

What?

I'm not sure what to do.

Lars.

Get yourself and Frandsen a piece of pie.

It's you?

Why are "lykkelig"...

and "glede" different?

Different kinds of happy.

It's really good.

[Inge]

Different kinds ofhappy.

[Train Rumbling]

[Brakes Squeaking]

[Train Stops]

[Chickens Clucking]

[Chattering]

[Grunting]

[Chattering Continues]

"I... could...

eat... a horse."

"I could...

eat a horse."

"I could eat a horse."

"A horse."

"I could eat a horse."

[Speaking Norwegian]

[Norwegian]

But English now.

- [Norwegian]

- [Norwegian]

Oh.

[Norwegian Continues]

No English, me.

English?

"Dear Elsa"?

"Dear Elsa"? Else?

- ElseJorgensdatter.

- ElseJorgensdatter.

Inge. Inge Altenberg.

Altenberg?

[Norwegian]

[Norwegian]

[Men Chattering]

- Here.

- Great.

Just sign this. There.

Immigration?

Do you have farms in the area?

Hello.

Ah.

[Chuckles]

Do you know about our organization?

Well, you should.

'Cause it's in your best interest.

We are suffragists.

- Immigration? [Norwegian]

- It should interest you.

- Suffragists.

- Suffragists.

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