When Erik Ericksson was born on 26 October 1808, in Rörtången, Solberga, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden, his father, Eric Thorson, was 48 and his mother, Helena Andersdotter, was 42. He lived in Solberga, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden in 1808.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Sven, Anders, Britt, Gunvor, Johan, Kerstin, Tor.
Swedish: variant of Eriksson . Compare Erickson and Ericson .
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