Anders Berg was born on 27 June 1838, in Veberöd, Torna, Malmöhus, Sweden. He married Ingrid Christina Persson on 22 December 1877. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Malmö, Malmö Slott, Malmöhus, Sweden for about 19 years. He died on 17 May 1917, in Malmö Sankt Pauli, Malmöhus, Sweden, at the age of 78.
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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.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lennart, Bjorn, Lars, Nils, Alf, Nels, Thor, Tor, Knute, Selmer, Anders.
German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc, Middle Dutch berghe. This surname is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Compare Dutch Vandenberg .
Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg ‘mountain, hill’.
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