When Karen Andersdotter Svennes was christened on 29 August 1722, in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, her father, Anders Olsen Nørdre Haugsrud, was 55 and her mother, Ingrid Tidemandsdatter Høve, was 44. She married Ingebret Olsen Bosum on 2 October 1752, in Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She was buried in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway.
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Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.
equivalent of Katherine . It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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