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'''Harpal Singh Kasoor''' is a Sikh ''[[Katha (storytelling format)|kathavachak]]'' (expounder of Sikh teachings and history) and amateur [[Sikh Studies|Sikh historian]] who makes fantastical claims regarding the travels of [[Guru Nanak]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Myrvold |first=Kristina |title=Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience |date=29 August 2013 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004257238 |editor-last=Hawley |editor-first=Michael |pages=321 |chapter=Translating the Guru’s Words to Local and Global Contexts: Katha for Contemporary Sikh Communities}}</ref> He resides in Canada and runs an Internet blog at the domain ''satguru.weebly.com''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasoor |first=Harpal Singh |title=Contact |url=https://satguru.weebly.com/contact.html |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=satguru.weebly.com}}</ref> His websites contains purported details and routes taken by Guru Nanak and his retinue throughout the world.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anand |first=Amarjit Singh |date=21 November 2021 |title=Satguru Nanak Sahib Ji: Prophet, Reformer, Poet, Farmer |url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/featured/satguru-nanak-sahib-ji-prophet-reformer-poet-farmer/ |work=The Indian Panorama }}</ref>

== East African claim ==
In an article republished by [[SikhNet]], Harpal Singh claims that Guru Nanak had visited East Africa, specifically Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasoor |first=Harpal Singh |date=24 November 2015 |title=Anectodal Evidence Suggests Guru Nanak Dev Ji Visited Uganda |url=https://www.sikhnet.com/news/anectodal-evidence-suggests-guru-nanak-dev-ji-visited-uganda |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=SikhNet}}</ref>

== Scandinavian claim ==
In an article on his blog titled ''Two Singing Preachers From India In Norway"Preacheur Parler"--1545, Says Indian Chief, Donnacona.'' [sic], Harpal claims that Guru Nanak had visited many parts of [[Europe]], including as far as [[Bergen]] in [[Norway]], where he apparently held a discussion with local traders in the Persian-language in the summer of 1520.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Handbook of Hinduism in Europe |date=27 July 2020 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004432284 |editor-last=Jacobsen |editor-first=Knut A. |edition=2 volumes |pages=205 |chapter=2: The First Hindu Gurus in Europe |editor-last2=Sardella |editor-first2=Ferdinando}}</ref> In 2010, while visiting a local gurdwara in Stockholm, Sweden, Harpal appealed to local [[Sikhism in Sweden|Swedish Sikhs]] to help him uncover and translate records held in Scandinavian archives that apparently proved that Guru Nanak had visited Bergen in Norway as part of his world-wide journeys, which apparently included the guru and his companions, Mardana and Bala, passing through Scandinavia.<ref name=":0" /> Harpal's claims were met with confusion, curiosity, and skepticism from the local Sikh congregation but Harpal stated that European travellers and historians had apparently written about Guru Nanak's visit to Bergen, they just needed to locate and translate these records for evidence.<ref name=":0" /> Scholar Kristina Myrvold notes that Harpal made use of diasporic Sikh connections and activities and attempted to link them to the first Sikh guru, rather than focusing on uncovering history in the Punjabi homeland.<ref name=":0" /> She further states that Harpal attempted to bridge the temporal and spatial differences between varying localities and if his theory was true, would give Scandinavian Sikhs a historical antecedent in their country of settlement.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://satguru.weebly.com/ satguru.weebly.com]

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