When Karna Nilsson was born on 26 December 1789, in Södra Sallerup, Oxie härad, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Nils Dahlgren, was 46 and her mother, Elsa Michelsdotter, was 38. She married Nils Nilsson on 5 March 1826. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 9 November 1875, in Skabersjö, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 85.
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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 Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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