When August Nilsson was born on 27 September 1869, in Tving, Blekinge, Sweden, his father, Nils Christoffersson, was 47 and his mother, Ingrid Maria Petersdotter, was 34. He lived in Eringsboda, Blekinge, Sweden for about 15 years.
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The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Fredrika Bremer Association was founded in 1884 and is Sweden's oldest women's rights organization.
First Nobel Prize awarded.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Nils, Per, Anders, Egil, Lennart, Sven, Birgit, Fredrik, Sten, Algot. German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Gerhard, Gotthard, Karl-Heinz.
Swedish and German: patronymic from the personal name Nils, a shortened form of Nikolaus. Compare Nilson , Neilson 3, and Nielson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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