When Bengta Akesson was born on 12 April 1878, in Västra Karaby, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Åke Persson, was 27 and her mother, Gunilla Larsdotter, was 25. She married Bengt Nilsson on 21 November 1900, in Södervidinge, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lackalänga, Torna, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1898 and Södervidinge, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1901. She died on 30 March 1950, in Södervidinge, Skåne, Sweden, at the age of 71.
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Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
World exposition held in Stockholm. First Swedish car built.
First Nobel Prize awarded.
Americanized form of Swedish Åkesson or Åkeson (see Akeson ).
Swedish (Åkerson): ornamental name composed of the elements åker ‘field’ + son ‘son’. This is one of a small group of Swedish names ending in -son that are not patronymics; it is very rare in Sweden. Compare Ackerson 1 and Okerson .
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