When Håkan Hansson was born on 6 January 1737, in Löddeköpinge, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Hans Håkansson, was 32 and his mother, Bengta Jonsdotter, was 27. He married Elnasdotter in 1766, in Löddeköpinge, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 12 August 1791, in his hometown, at the age of 54.
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In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Niels, Elof, Gudrun, Jarl, Lennart, Mats, Niklas, Per, Sten. Dutch Henrik. German Hans, Elfriede, Kurt.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Hans .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German Hanssen , a cognate of 1 above.
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