When Tufve Nilsson was born on 20 February 1777, in Össjö, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Nils Anderson, was 30 and his mother, Sissa Månsdotter, was 38. He married Dorothea Larsdotter on 16 September 1809, in Tåssjö, Norra Åsbo, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
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