When Brita Catharina Mattiasson was born on 1 November 1792, in Hille, Gävleborg, Sweden, her father, Maths Christophersson Forsgren, was 28 and her mother, Anna Andersdotter, was 29. She married Pehr Weitling on 12 January 1827. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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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.
Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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