When Britta Gunnarsdotter was born on 8 April 1744, in Älvsborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden, her father, Gunnar Anderson, was 21 and her mother, Britta Andersson, was 20. She married Pehr Olofsson in May 1764, in Älvsborg, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 February 1781, in Älvsborg, Sweden, at the age of 36.
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Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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