When Peder Nielsen was born in 1795, in Munke Bjergby, Sorø, Denmark, his father, Niels Pedersen, was 29 and his mother, Bodil Pedersdatter, was 26. He married Sidse Jensdatter on 21 May 1826, in Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 7 January 1854, in Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark, at the age of 59, and was buried in Pedersborg, Alsted, Sorø, Denmark.
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Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
The Christianso Lighthouse is one of Denmark's oldest lighthouses and the first to have a flashing light. It was built on the island of Christianso in the northern Baltic Sea.
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Jorgen, Knud, Lars, Nels, Bent, Borge, Holger, Ove, Einer, Oluf.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Niels, a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). Compare Nielson , Neilsen , Nelsen , Nilsen , and Nilson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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