When Johan Wilhelm Karlsson was born on 8 July 1867, in Krösås, Kristdala, Kalmar, Sweden, his father, Carl Peter Andreas Nilsson, was 36 and his mother, Greta Sophia Johansdotter, was 39. He married Signe Anna Elvira Karlsson about 25 December 1920, in Kristdala, Kalmar, Sweden. He lived in Döderhult, Kalmar, Sweden in 1910 and Kristdala, Kalmar, Sweden for about 9 years. He died about 19 September 1949, at the age of 82.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Alf, Bjorn, Erik, Kerstin, Agust, Elnar, Fritjof, Gudmundur, Johan, Kristinn.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Karl (see also Charles ). Compare Carlsson .
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