When Fredrica Petersson was born on 20 July 1828, in Mortorp, Kalmar, Sweden, her father, Peter Olofsson, was 39 and her mother, Stina Danielson, was 42. She married Johan August Petersson on 4 December 1863. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Karlslunda, Kalmar, Sweden in 1871 and Arby, Kalmar, Sweden in 1881. She died on 7 October 1899, in Madesjö, Kalmar, Sweden, at the age of 71.
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Göta Canal opened.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Berno, Bernt, Bjorn, Erik, Fredrik, Gudrun, Holger, Joakim, Karsten, Knut, Niklas, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Petter, a vernacular form of Peter . Compare Peterson 2 and Petterson .
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