When Steen Pedersen Dyrskjøt was born in 1679, in Jerslev, Børglum, Denmark, his father, Peder Laursen Dyrskjøt, was 49 and his mother, Kirsten Jensdatter Steen, was 36. He died in 1707, at the age of 28, and was buried in Jerslev, Børglum, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
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