When Ola Nilsson was born on 21 October 1777, in Barsebäck, Harjager, Malmöhus, Sweden, his father, Nils Bothelsson, was 47 and his mother, Pernilla Nilsdotter, was 37. He died on 8 March 1788, at the age of 10.
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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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