When Sven Rasmusson was born on 28 January 1796, in Husie, Oxie härad, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Rasmus Åckerstrom, was 39 and his mother, Maria Jöransdotter, was 28. He married Gunilla Nilsdotter about 1820. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 15 January 1861, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Husie, Oxie härad, Malmöhus, Sweden.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Britt, Hjalmer, Juel, Petter.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Rasmus .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Rasmussen , a cognate of 1 above.
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