When Elef Knudsen Sundvor was born in 1715, in Ivesdal, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Knud Mortensen, was 70 and his mother, Gunhild Fanuelsd Oftedal d.y, was 37. He married Berete Ingvaldsdotter about 1734. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He was buried in Bjerkreim, Rogaland, Norway.
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Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
First school law to begin universal schooling in Norway. They taught the subjects of Christianity, reading, writing, arithmetic. Compulsory schooling from the age of seven and at least until ten to twelve years old.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Knud, Niels, Holger, Jorgen, Ove, Alf, Alfhild, Anders, Baard, Berger, Einer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the Danish personal name Knud, derived from Old Norse Knútr meaning ‘knot’. Knud was a Danish royal name, Latinized as Canutus.
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