When Anders Pettersson was born on 14 April 1776, in Torskinge, Jönköping, Sweden, his father, Peter Pehrsson, was 26 and his mother, Anna Ericsdotter, was 22. He married Britta Stina Eriksdotter on 8 May 1814, in Torskinge, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 7 November 1823, in his hometown, at the age of 47.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
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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