When Peder Lassen was born in 1643, in Østerlars, Bornholm, Denmark, his father, Lasse Ibsen, was 34 and his mother, Elisabeth Jensdatter, was 33. He married Karen Poulsdatter about 1670, in Østermarie, Bornholm, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1723, in his hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Østerlars, Østerlarsker, Øster, Bornholm, 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.
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Anders, Erik, Svein, Sven, Thor, Hilmar, Lasse, Niels. German Hans, Lorenz, Erwin, Manfred, Otto, Uwe.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from Lasse, a pet form of Lars, an equivalent of Lawrence .
North German: possibly also an assimilated form of Danish Larssen (see Larsen ).
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