When Marten Nilsson was born about 1720, his father, Nils Mårtensson, was 39 and his mother, Karna Heljasdotter, was 22.
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Northern War occurred.
In Treaty of Abo, Sweden ceded southeast Finland to Russia.
Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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