When Anders Pettersson was born on 3 January 1814, in Balingsta, Uppsala, Sweden, his father, Pehr Andersson, was 31 and his mother, Cajsa Goransdotter, was 30. He married Anna Cajsa Olsdotter Bask on 29 December 1837. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
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Göta Canal opened.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Berno, Bernt, Bjorn, Erik, Fredrik, Gudrun, Holger, Joakim, Karsten, Knut, Niklas, Per.
Swedish: patronymic from the personal name Petter, a vernacular form of Peter . Compare Peterson 2 and Petterson .
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