When Merta Stina Svensdotter was born on 16 August 1837, her father, Sven Larsson, was 57 and her mother, Anna Andersdotter, was 30. She lived in Tösse, Älvsborg, Sweden in 1837.
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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.
contracted form of Märeta, an obsolete variant of Merete . The name is also popular in Sweden.
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