When Anna Lena Jansdotter was born on 30 October 1798, in Skultuna, Västmanland, Sweden, her father, Jan Henricsson, was 36 and her mother, Anna Olofsson, was 32. She married Anders Jacob Spongberg on 4 August 1816, in Söderfors, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 December 1873, in Sura, Västmanland, Sweden, at the age of 75.
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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.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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