When Sigri Amundsdatter Kaarstad was born on 3 September 1875, in Vestre Slidre, Innlandet, Norway, her father, Amund Johnsen Kaarstad, was 23 and her mother, Dorte Anfindsdotter, was 35. She married Ole Julsen on 28 December 1899, in Lomen, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, Norway.
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Birth year of Ole Rolvaag. Born in Dønna, Nordland county, Norway. He became a famous Norwegian-American author for his Giants in the Earth book series. He was also a professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
Birth year of Sonja Henie. She was an Olympic figure skater and a movie star. She won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Knut, Oivind.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms so named. The second element is Old Norse stathr ‘farmstead, dwelling’. The first element has various different origins. In Trondheim it is from an Old Norse male personal name, Hárekr. In Flatanger in Trøndelag it is from Old Norse hár ‘high’, denoting a farm lying high up in the landscape. In Toten it is Old Norse hors ‘horse, mare’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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