Brief Life History of Knut
When Knut Nilsen Vinjum was born on 20 February 1829, in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Niels Olsen Vinjum, was 34 and his mother, Tora Hansdatter Skjerdal, was 30. He married Ingeborg Ellendsdatter Fretheim in 1879, in United States. He lived in Aurland, Nordre Bergenhus, Norway in 1829. He died in 1902, in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, at the age of 73.
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- Knud Nilsen, "Norway Census, 1900"
- Knud, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Knud Nilsen, "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927"
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1832 · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem "Ja, vi elsker."
1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1855 · Erik Werenskiold
Birth year of Erik Werenskiold Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was especially known for his drawings of the Asbjørnsen and Moe fairytale collection.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nils, Alf, Bjorn, Lars, Per, Nels, Anders, Bente, Tor, Arnfinn, Astrid. German Hans, Kurt, Ralf, Arnulf, Otto.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, but it is rare there. Compare Nelsen .
Altered form of Norwegian Nilssen, a variant of 1, and probably also of the Danish, Norwegian, or North German cognate Nielsen (compare Nilson ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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