When Anders Nilsson was born on 19 February 1794, in Rävinge, Halland, Sweden, his father, Nils Ingemansson Isgren, was 24 and his mother, Kierstina Greisdotter, was 24. He married Svenborg Larsdotter on 8 April 1822, in Kvibille, Halland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Skrea, Halland, Sweden in 1868. He died on 2 December 1879, in Vapnö, Halland, Sweden, at the age of 85.
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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.
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.
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