When Mrs. Karoline Alette JACOBSDATTER Svendsen was born on 17 March 1861, in Idd, Østfold, Norway, her father, Jacob Kristopherson, was 45 and her mother, Maren Mathiasen Mathiasdatter, was 31. She married Johan Olaf Svendsen on 5 August 1882, in Idd Kirke, Idd, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ystehede, Idd, Smaalenene, Norway in 1900.
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Homestead Act was passed in the U.S. which made land available for free upon meeting certain conditions. Many Norwegian-Americans acquired land through this process.
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Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Knut, Lars, Niels, Per, Thor, Astrid, Britt, Carsten, Einer, Evald.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Svend, from Old Norse Sveinn, originally a byname meaning ‘boy, servant’. Compare Svenson , Swanson , Swendsen , Swensen , and Swenson .
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