When Ola Svensson was born on 5 June 1831, in Grödby, Ivetofta, Villand, Kristianstad, Sweden, his father, Sven Olsson, was 24 and his mother, Kjerstin Olsdotter, was 24. He married Bengta Bengtsdotter on 7 April 1854, in Nymö, Villand, Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kristine, Göteborg, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden in 1883 and Göteborgs, Sweden in 1890. He died on 3 September 1879, in Grödby, Ivetofta, Villand, Kristianstad, Sweden, at the age of 48.
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Göta Canal opened.
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Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Anders, Erik, Lennart, Sven, Ejnar, Johan, Bent, Bjorn, Gunn, Holger, Mats. German Ernst, Kurt, Markus, Otto.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Sven, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. It is also found in Denmark, northern Germany, and Norway. Compare Svenson , Swainson , Swanson , Swenson , Swensson , and Swinson .
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