When Brita Stina Jonasdotter was born on 12 December 1807, in Hallsberg, Örebro, Sweden, her father, Jonas Pehrson, was 38 and her mother, Ingrid Andersdotter, was 27. She married Lars Larsson Alm on 18 March 1836, in Kumla, Örebro, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 16 October 1845, in Hörsta, Kumla, Örebro, Sweden, at the age of 37, and was buried in Kumla, Örebro, Sweden.
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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.
Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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