When Helena Svensdottor was born on 14 September 1740, in Nävelsjö, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Sven Nilsson, was 29 and her mother, Kierstin Johansdotter, was 19. She married Jöns Matthisson on 20 May 1759, in Nävelsjö, Jönköping, Sweden. She died on 19 January 1828, in Boda, Jönköping, Sweden, at the age of 87, and was buried in Jönköping, Sweden.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
form of Helen , used also in Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe.
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