Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Middlesex County As already shown under the title 'Prehistory', Ole Haugen from Bergen was the first Norwegian to settle in this county. He lived in Lowell City right from 1815 until his death. In that city as well there is a group of Norwegian factory workers. Anton Justad of The Evangelical Free Church established a congregation among them in 1895. In the vicinity of Carlisle and Concord there are a number of Norwegian farmers - mainly from Hedemarken. Among the first to settle there (in the 70s) were Lars and Emil Pedersen from Løiten (Hedemarken). The farmers' main sale products are asparagus, sweet corn and strawberries, for which they have a good market in Boston. In Concord there are a pair of congregations that are partly Norwegian, one belongs to The Evangelicak Free Church and the other to The Methodist Church.