Editing Solvang, California (section)

===Danish settlement===
Between 1865 and 1914, 300,000 Danes had immigrated to United States, some of which headed West into California.{{sfn|Dittmer|Bates|2020|pp=19}} Three men: Benedict Nordentoft, Jens Gregersen, Peder Hornsyld sought and found land to  grow a Danish settlement.{{sfn|Dittmer|Bates|2020|pp=23}} Initially the settlement was like any other pioneer town in California.<ref name="PCH" /> In 1910, Danish-Americans created the Danish-American Colony Company in San Francisco. Later that year, suitable land was found in the Santa Ynez Valley northwest of Santa Barbara, and in 1911, they acquired almost {{convert|9000|acre|km2}} of the [[Rancho San Carlos de Jonata]] land grant, paying an average of $40 per acre.<ref name="syvguest.com">Pat Murphy,[http://www.syvguest.com/pastIssues/2004/spring/rememberwhen.html "Remember When?"], ''Santa Ynez Valley Guest Magazine'' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181347/http://www.syvguest.com/pastIssues/2004/spring/rememberwhen.html |date=July 16, 2011 }}, Spring 2004. Retrieved July 13, 2010.</ref> 

Solvang was established in 1911{{sfn|Dittmer|Bates|2020|pp=16}} for cultural, educational, and religious purposes.<ref name="PCH" /> A hotel was built close to the Mission where new arrivals could be housed, and a school opened in 1911, with 21 students.<ref name="kolding.dk"/><ref name="syvguest.com"/>