When Botilla Svensson was born on 25 February 1874, in Svalöv, Rönneberg, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Sven Johannesson, was 40 and her mother, Johanna Andersdotter, was 38. She married Olof Nilsson on 28 August 1903. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Malmöhus, Sweden in 1882. She died on 5 June 1962, in Svalöv, Skåne, Sweden, at the age of 88.
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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.
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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