Karl August Karlson was born on 7 March 1872, in Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden. He married Klara Emelia Andersdotter on 10 October 1897, in Partille, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Göteborg, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden in 1898 and Gamlestaden, Örgryte, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden in 1909. He died on 1 December 1943, in Gamlestad, Göteborg, Göteborgs och Bohus, Sweden, at the age of 71.
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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 Algot, Lars, Nils, Eskil, Holger, Knute, Lennart, Sven. German Kurt, Hans, Otto.
Americanized form (and a very rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Karlsson .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Karlsen , a cognate of 1 above.
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